I also had a rather nice leather Victorian concertina photo album to restore. This one was a very rare early Tiffany’s 8 section piece that had to be completely stripped and the joints re-made, not an easy task as you can see.
First the mounts had to be removed and the turn-ins released, the bases restored from both sides with leather dyed to match, pared wafer thin and even. Then the frames were restored and re-mounted.
The most difficult part is to make sure the joints are exact as it concertinas into a wallet, it will never fold flat otherwise.
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