Check with Eliza Jacobi (Netherlands)
Kind regards, Alice de Keijser

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:39 PM, von Lerber Karin <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am confronted with a beautifully printed but very badly oxidized wall
> covering from around 1760-1765, still in situ. (See images). The dark
> printed areas are starting to break out; some have been glued back at a
> past time. I am looking into treatments in parallel to gall ink corrosion
> treatments.
> Has anybody ever treated printed cotton with cacium phytate?
> I have been reading about a research project into „dry iron gall ink
> stabilization“, but not found any results. Does anybody know more about it?
> The large size of the wall coverings (4 m x 2.2 m for the largest wall) and
> the fragility of the fabric would pose a serious risk when taking them down
> and bathing….
>
> I am trying to compare pros and cons of all possibilities.
> Any ideas and thoughts are most welcome!
>
> Sincerely,
> Karin.
>
> Karin von Lerber
> Dipl. Textilkonservatorin FH
> Konservatorin-Restauratorin SKR®
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