Notice catalographique « Scientific analysis of ancient and historic textiles, informing preservation, display and interpretation : first annual conference 13-15 July : postprints »

• AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies
• Janaway, Robert
• Wyeth, Paul

Contents:

Scientific analysis in the identification of textile materials Fenella G. France

Billowing silk and bendable binders: is flexibility the key to understanding banner behaviour?
Cordelia F. Roi erson and Frances J. Leonard

`Net' what it seems! The impact of detailed research and analysis on the approaches to the conservation of two early 19th-century machine-made net dresses
Sarah Howard and Paul Garside

The technical analysis of two pieces of 17th-century English embroidery
Anne Peranteau, Janice Carlson and Jennifer Mass

Degradation and stabilisation of cellulosic materials Matija Strlic and Jana Kolar

Surveying silk fibre degradation by crystallinity determination: a study on the Tang dynasty silk treasure from Famen Temple, China
Susanne Greiff Hart raw Kutzke, Christian Riekel, Paul Wietlr and Sophia Lahlil

Studies on ancient Japanese silk fibres using FTIR microscopy
Masanori Sato and Yoshiko Sasaki

Optical and scanning electron microscopy techniques for the identification of hair fibres from Romano-Egyptian textiles
Jane C. Batcheller

The effect of accelerated ageing on properties of Egyptian cotton textiles treated with fungicides
Ornar Abdel-Kareem and Mahmoud Morsy

Prioritising interventive treatments for textile materials
David Howell

Characterisation of metal threads in Renaissance tapestries
Anne-Marei Hacke, Christopher M. Carr and Alan Brown

A survey of the most common support methods used on historical costumes and a preliminary investigation of tests assessing the quality of conserved fabrics
Johanna M. F Nilsson

The development of a Web-accessible reference library of deteriorated fibres using digital images and image analysis
Jane Merritt

Digital microscopy and applications of digital image analysis for the study of textile fibres
Judith J. Bischoff and Anne Murray

A model for the technical analysis of flags
Fonda Ghiardi Thomsen

Accelerated ageing of fabric supports: is it possible?
Christina Young

Assessing the physical state of the fore topsail of HMS Victory
Paul Garside and Paul Wyeth

Monitoring of damage to historic tapestries: the application of dynamic mechanical thermal analysis to model and historic tapestries
Marianne Odlvha

Signatures of ageing: correlations with behaviour
Paul Wyeth

Size exclusion chromatography as a tool for monitoring silk degradation in historic tapestries
Kathryn Hallett and David Howell

Identification and condition evaluation of deteriorated protein fibres at the sub-microgram level by calibrated amino acid analysis
Ina Vanden Berghe and Jan Wouters

Informing textile and wildlife conservation: DNA analysis of baleen from an 18th-century garment found deliberately concealed in a building
Dinah Eastop and Ross McEwing

New insights into textiles: the potential of X-radiography as an investigative technique
Mary M. Brooks and Sonia A. O'Connor

An initial exploration of the benefits of using transmitted visible light and infrared photography to access information concealed within multilayered textiles
Karen N. Thompson and Michael Halliwell

Understanding historic dyeing technology: a multifaceted approach
Jan Wouters, Ina Vanden Berghe and Beatriz De via

Chromatographic analyses of selected historic dyeings from ancient Israel

Historical and analytical research of dyes in early Scottish tartans Hugh
Cheape and Anita Quye

The application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and accelerated light ageing for the analytical identification of yellow flavonoid dyes in historical tapestries
Alison N. Hulme

Poster section:

Physical and chemical characterisation of deteriorated Coptic Egyptian textiles using non-destructive methods
Omar Abdel-Kareem and Khaled El-Nagar

Raman microspectroscopy interrogating 19th- and 20th-century painted trades union banners
Averil M. Macdonald

Understanding the economic influence of the dyeing industry in Pompeii through the application of experimental archaeology and thermodynamics
Heather Hopkins

Art or science? Reflections on the work of preparing textiles for exhibition
Irene Skals

Analysis, identification and deterioration aspects of metallic threads
Wafaa A. Mohamed

Studies on dyeing with cochineal and ageing of silk dyed fabric Yassin Zidan

Analytical and microscopy techniques used in investigative conservation for an archaeological cap unearthed from Canterbury, England
Meg Chuping Wang

Yellow dyes in Japanese kimono
Mie Ishii and Masako Saito

• Textile fabrics, Ancient - Conservation and restoration
• Textile fabrics - Conservation and restoration
• Textile fabrics - Identification
• Textile fabrics - History
• Textile research
• Textiles et tissus - Conservation et restauration
• Textiles et tissus - Histoire
• Textiles et tissus - Recherche