Notes on Textile Conservation
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A practical guide for amateur conservators on deciding whether and how to wash an old textile. It covers vacuuming and brushing, a simple dye wash-fastness test, wet versus dry cleaning, the types of detergent (anionic, nonionic, cationic), supporting fragile pieces in nylon net, and the washing bath, rinsing and drying steps. The scan also includes a word-search puzzle on looms and a review of the monograph Sling Braiding of the Andes.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 1981
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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