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Fitting tile fragments

Hands assembling broken tile fragments on a workbench by a window.

A broken tile can often be pieced back together from its fragments. Conservators fit the edges, glue them and fill the gaps without repainting more than needed.

This is a general description, not confirmed to a single source.

AI-generated illustration in the manner of the tradition, not a photograph of a specific object.

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