PRACTICAL STUDY ON TREATMENT OF SELECTED DECORATED TAPESTRY IN APPLIED ART MUSEUM, CAIRO.

Autor: FAHIM, Neven Kamal, El Said ZIDDAN, Yassin, Abdel RAHIM, Shehata Ahmed
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Zdroj: International Journal of Conservation Science; Oct-Dec2013, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p423-432, 10p
Abstrakt: The paper presents the method of treatment of tapestry textile, that considers the most common technique used in decoration of textile since the new kingdom until now, it is called Kabaty. The paper deals with selected piece of museum of Applied Art Faculty in Cairo. Treatment procedure was performed by several stages; firstly, Dating by comparing the decoration technique, the type of material and the decorative motifs existed in the object with another one known its date. Then samples taken from object were examined by optical microscope, scanning electron microscope to identify type of fibers and surface morphology .x-ray analysis was performed to identify mordant and dust. FTIR analysis to identify dyes in dyed samples. Then, the paper deal with the treatment of tapestry pieces by testing sensitive of fiber to water, mechanical cleaning and chemical cleaning to remove stain, washing stage using distilled water, and finally consolidation the object by fixed on support of natural linen which was stretched on wooden frame treated by anti-fungal substance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index