11464
Accession Number
13275
Title Of Article Chaper
The conservation of leather artifacts recovered from the Mary Rose
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists
Volume
66
Pages
30-31
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
SLTC Annual Conference
Abstract
After a brief review of the reasons for treatment and the methods used to preserve waterlogged leather, the author discusses the procedures used on artifacts from the mary rose. After their recovery pieces are washed and recorded then impregnated with PEG 400. The leather is frozen and freeze-dried to complete the treatment. -- ICCROM
Keywords
Restoration, theory ceramic; leather, restoration; leather, impregnation consolidation; mural painting, examination ultraviolet; leather, conservation -- ICCROM
pub_id
11464
Meeting Date
19711000