Dear Sarah,
due to vacation time: a late answer to your question.
Another valuable source of information are the Melliand Textilberichte 
which are also translated into English. The subscription is expensive, 
but at least in Europe, most Technical Univeristies have subscriptions 
to either the journal (I think it is monthly) or the online version.  
Here the web coordinates: http://www.textilexpert.com/Melliand.html
Good luck!
As an additional information: there will be a meeting "the future of the 
twentieth century - collecting, interpreting and conserving modern 
materials" July 26-28th 2005 at the Research Centre for Textile 
Conservation & Textile Studies, University of Southampton (UK). They 
have just sent out a first call for papers. Their contact is: 
[log in to unmask] Maybe we will hear first results of your interesting 
research there?

Kind regards,
Karin von Lerber

Sarah Lowengard schrieb am 01.07.2004 20:56:

> I am about to begin a project involving some late 20th century/early
> 21st century industrial and experimental textiles. The group is varied
> in technique, material and projected uses.  With the exception of
> polyester, the materials used are not those regularly encountered by
> most textile conservators --or, at least, not as a principal component.
> The "oldest" of the lot was produced about 12 years ago.
>
> As background to this study, I am looking for sources of information
> about behavioral characteristics or predictions of behavior over time,
> anecdotal or documented descriptions of deterioration or longevity and
> other catalogues of long-term care strategies. I am especially
> interested in the relationship between production technqiues and
> preservation.  I have checked most of the standard art conservation and
> textile industry databases with (predictably) few results.
>
> Can anyone suggest relevant publications I might not have seen?  Has
> anyone compiled a bibliography recently that she would be willing to
> share with me?  Would anyone who has worked on these classes of textiles
> be willing to talk to me (off-list or on)?
>
> I do recognize that literature and experiences might be either extremely
> general or extremely specific and am willing to work through that myself.
>
> Thanks very much
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Lowengard
> [log in to unmask]
> New York City
>


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