La Route du Papier was founded in 1993 by Anne Liénardy. She was an independent paper conservator and lecturer at La Cambre, but could not find suitable materials anywhere. Therefore, she decided to establish a company for this purpose herself. La Route du Papier grew into the reference in Belgium regarding the distribution of materials for the conservation and restoration of artworks and documents on paper. In 2023, the company was acquired by Alexander Vander Stichele.
La Route du Papier represents products from various foreign firms specializing in the conservation and restoration of artworks and documents on paper.
The catalog includes hundreds of items: Japanese paper, acid-free Western paper, cardboard for museums and conservation, storage boxes, polyester films and sleeves, materials for archiving photographic documents, adhesive tapes, and restoration materials. A selection of these will be for sale during Ambacht in Beeld.
