Ordination Archive · Chapter IV — Conservation
Folio Studies 2024

The Lacquer Endures

Gold leaf doesn't fade — it waits to be read again.

94%

+11 pts since 1990 survey

of catalogued kammavaca folios remain legible

1,847 lacquered folios · 19th–20th century · n = 412 sets

Legibility retained by century of production

18th c. 71%
19th c. 86%
Lacquered 94%
Cloth core 62%
Palm leaf 48%
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