48193
Author
Burnham, Mark D.
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