Preferred label

Insert            

Alternative label

Insert [conservation term]  

Scope note

Material, usually paper, added to a substrate to fill in a substrate loss. Inserts are usually chosen to be as close as possible to the original in color, weight, and texture.          

Parent concept

Repair manipulation        

uh-linked-data/concept/426        

Related concept  

Conservation        

uh-linked-data/concept/460        

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT        

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/198