48193
Title Of Article Chaper
Cleaning of archaeological textiles
Title Of Journal Book
Archaeological textiles. Proceedings of the Irene Emery roundtable on museum textiles, Washington, April 18 - 20, 1974
Pages
47-51
Collation
4 photos
Publisher
The Textile Museum
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Irene Emery roundtable on museum textiles
Meeting City
Washington
Abstract
A cleaning method for very fragile fragments is described. The fragment is layed on a sheet of glass and well humidified with distilled water. The excess of water is removed with filter paper. Some mention is made of consolidation by soluble nylon.
Keywords
Textile, conservation; Textile, cleaning; Textile, impregnation consolidation; Archaeology, artifact excavation conservation -- ICCROM
pub_id
48193
Meeting Date
19740418-19740420