Conservation & Restoration

At Sycamore we specialise in the conservation, repair and restoration of books, maps, manuscripts and ledgers, including dry cleaning, treatment of mould, neutralisation and stabilisation of paper. All our paper repairs are by hand either in situ or after the removal of the original sewing and binding. Full repair of damaged paper and bindings is carried out using sympathetic methods with any necessary re-sewing completed by hand. All materials used are to archival quality and reversible where possible.

Bespoke & Limited Edition Bindings

We design and bind bespoke, limited edition books in a range of material - leather, vellum, cloth, buckram, paper - to meet our client’s specific requirements.