{"id":5518,"date":"2025-06-16T11:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/?p=5518"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:51:54","slug":"faux-jacket-sling-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/2025\/06\/faux-jacket-sling-hybrid","title":{"rendered":"Faux Jacket-Sling Hybrid?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently created a cloth covered clamshell enclosure for this small leather volume from the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library. The volume has eight full color miniatures which received surrogate photography. The surrogates were printed to roughly 5×7 inches, making them substantially larger than the text, so an insert was created within the cloth clamshell to house the smaller volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cloth
Interior tray of the cloth clamshell enclosure with the surrogates placed on top of the small leather volume housed within the custom insert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Small
To build up the enclosure to the size of the surrogates, an insert was created using archival corrugated board covered in Cotlin bookcloth. I lined the portion of the insert where the volume would rest with thin Ethafoam sheeting, so the fragile leather edges wouldn’t be abraded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Small
To aid in lifting the volume from the enclosure I created a partial polyester wrapper of sorts. Part jacket, part sling. A faux jacket-sling hybrid, if you will?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Book
A closer look at the polyester creation, with rounded corners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I think it’s a quick and easy solution that could be beneficial in future situations where a simple modification of an existing enclosure is needed, but space within the enclosure is at a premium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Ebert – Assistant Conservator<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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