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Uzbek Suzani (Paris, France)

tatiana — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:39:52 +0000

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

Set of Modern French Rugs (Paris, France)

tatiana — Fri, 23 May 2014 13:51:40 +0000

Modern French Rugs

(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 (Paris, France)

tatiana — Fri, 23 May 2014 12:46:06 +0000

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

French Tapestry Fragment (Paris, France)

tatiana — Fri, 23 May 2014 12:41:23 +0000

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

French Art Deco Loveseat Textile (Paris, France)

tatiana — Fri, 23 May 2014 09:36:12 +0000

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

Flemish Verdure Tapestry with Crane

tatiana — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:58:59 +0000

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

tatiana — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:42:12 +0000

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

tatiana — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:25:46 +0000

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

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

tatiana — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:09:34 +0000

Archival rolling and packaging of collection of original weavings by twentieth-century American master, Lenore Tawney.

Lenore Tawney, Owl’s Nest, 1960. Linen, wool, 53-1/2” x 15.”

Courtesy, Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Pre-Columbian Textile

tatiana — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:23:36 +0000

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