Non-invasive analytical methods applied in the study of cultural heritage artefacts
Ethnographic heritage textiles may be subject to risks generated in particular by various factors in close connection with the microclimate of the storage and exposure areas. In accordance with the current European trends of pest prevention and reduction and response to the infestation/contamination...
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Published in | Industria textilă (Bucharest, Romania : 1994) Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 321 - 331 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Bucharest
The National Research & Development Institute for Textiles and Leather - INCDTP
01.01.2023
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Summary: | Ethnographic heritage textiles may be subject to risks generated in particular by various factors in close connection with
the microclimate of the storage and exposure areas. In accordance with the current European trends of pest prevention
and reduction and response to the infestation/contamination of the cultural heritage, the research direction of this study
aimed at investigating the degradation of some women’s clothing items, around 80–100 year-old, made of natural fibres,
namely cotton. Throughout this paper, an essential aspect was taken into account for establishing a preventive or
curative conservation strategy, namely the characterization of the fabric from which the three shirts are made. Thus,
some physical and structural characteristics were determined by making use of different types of analyses: FTIR
spectroscopy, the spectra specific for cotton; the microbiological analyses showed the presence of Bacillus subtilis and
Rhizobium radiobacter, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, which are not considered pathogenic or
toxigenic to humans with the normal function of the immune system. |
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ISSN: | 1222-5347 |
DOI: | 10.35530/IT.074.03.202220 |