French Art Deco
Loveseat Upholstery Textile
(1920s)
materials & techniques:
tapestry woven
cotton warps
wool wefts
condition before treatment:
soiling and embedded soot
animal glue along textile edge
dry and acidified weft fibers
large areas of cut warps and wefts
Treatment completed at
Georgeta Mocanu Studio, Paris, France
Uzbek Suzani
(early 20th century)
materials & techniques:
silk thread embroidery
on silk ground fabric
condition before treatment:
soiling and embedded soot
dry and brittle silk foundation fabric
splits and holes in silk foundation fabric
areas of loss in silk embroidery
Treatment completed at
Georgeta Mocanu Studio, Paris, France
French Tapestry Fragment
(18th century)
materials & techniques:
tapestry woven
bast fiber warps
wool & silk wefts
condition before treatment:
soiling and embedded soot
dry and acidified weft and warp fibers
areas of weft loss and weakness
distortion and tension in tapestry
Treatment completed at
Georgeta Mocanu Studio, Paris, France
Modern French Rugs
designed by House of Leleu
(1960s)
materials & techniques:
cotton warps and wefts
wool pile
condition before treatment:
soiling and embedded soot
dry and acidified weft fibers
thick layer of adhesive on reverse
areas of pile loss in corners
Treatment completed at
Georgeta Mocanu Studio, Paris, France
Chinese Painted Silk
(late 1800s)
materials & techniques:
painted silk
condition before treatment:
soiling, embedded soot and mold stains
dry and acidified fibers
embedded water-soluble adhesive
backing made of layers of glued newspaper, brown paper and wallpaper
Treatment completed at
Georgeta Mocanu Studio, Paris, France
Flemish Verdure Tapestry with Crane
(18th century)
materials & techniques:
tapestry woven
bast fiber warps
wool & silk wefts
condition before treatment:
soiling and embedded soot
dry and acidified weft fibers
areas of weft loss and weakness
machine-stitched galon & dust lining causing
distortion and tension in tapestry
Flemish Verdure Tapestry
(18th century)
materials & techniques:
tapestry woven
cotton warps
wool & silk wefts
condition before treatment:
significant soiling and embedded soot
areas of weft loss and weakness
machine-stitched dust lining causing
distortion and tension in tapestry
Native American Woven Bead Straps
(early 20th century)
materials & techniques:
European glass beads
bead-loom woven
with cotton thread
condition before treatment:
poor
acidified cotton threads with little strength
broken threads all along strap edges and sides
loss of beads all along edges
Pre-Columbian Archaeological Textile
Late Nazca Period (100 BCE to 700 BCE)
materials & techniques:
warp-faced plain-weave cotton textile
with multi-colored camelid wool
needle-knit borders and
decorative polychrome fringes
condition before treatment:
poor condition
a fragment
soiling and embedded dirt
previous adhesive use on textile
large losses in border and main fabric
detachment of border from main textile
Japanese Workman’s Jacket
(c. early 1900s)
materials & techniques:
plain weave, indigo-dyed cotton
with paste-resist stenciled patterns
on the exterior front and back
condition before treatment:
major abrasion and loss at neckline,
losses in shoulder lining and main fabric,
various stains throughout the jacket
