Alvarez Conservation Services

Alvarez Conservation Services is a New York paper conservation studio focused on artworks on paper, books, documents, and related materials. Its work centers on condition assessment, treatment proposals, and conservation treatment for issues such as staining, tears, distortion, backing removal, flattening, lining, and inpainting.

Founded in 1984, the studio presents a distinctly treatment-driven practice, with individualized examination and clearly defined methodology at the core of its work. The service profile stays tightly anchored to paper-based objects rather than broad conservation coverage.

The studio also provides condition evaluations, photo documentation, archival fitting, frame restoration, and packing and shipping coordination. Based in Manhattan, it works with collectors, galleries, dealers, institutions, museums, and auction-related clients in the United States and abroad.