TAA i.2.12a.1.48.verso

Box 43
Ebony framework: red wood panels o[n] bottom: <strips of> ivory & 

ebony inlay veneer
Covered with dust, dirt & a thin white very adherent 

coating (This on both red wood & ebony: it was so marked as to) 
             resemble a thin coat of paint. 
Brushed with stiff dry brush: washed with damp 

sponge.
Did not attempt any repairs.

Gauntlet 43e.
Sprayed with solution of cellulose acetate in acetone

Box 56
Box Packing material 

inside was/<is> reed (?) 

twisted into rope 

& this wa wound 

into double ring. 

Sprayed with celluloid 

solution in amyl 

acetate.
Similar in construction generally to No 43 but 

raised on trellis work: has double lid.
Similar white adherent material to both red wood 

& ebony: all ebony & ivory inlay/<veneer> loose.                 Stopping where
Washed with damp sponge.                                                    wood defective
                                                                                                slightly yellow 

                                                                                                – CaCO₃ & Glue

Gauntlet 92g Tapestry Woven
Sprayed with a solution of cellulose acetate in acetone
Sp Certain portions of the coloured portions pattern 

more perished than rest of fabic/<fabric>; i.e. in holes 

where colour had been (chiefly green)