Melanie Sanford published on this about 10 years ago in the AIC textile specialty group postprints. She's probably on this list. Camille On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Regina Höllinger <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dear members of the TexConsList, > > I am a student in Textile Conservation from the University of Applied Arts > in Vienna. This year I am working on my diploma project, the conservation > of a silk dress (dated around 1840). The lining is cotton, treated with a > starch finish. A main focus in conservation is the degraded silk fabric in > the underarm areas because of perspiration stains. Due to the degrading > effect on the silk fibre I would like to remove or reduce the perspiration > residues, if possible. Has somebody experience in removing perspiration > stains on silk without complete wet cleaning of the object? I have not > found much literature to this topic during my research. > > Thank you very much for your help, > with kind regards, > > Regina Höllinger > Student from the University of Applied Arts Vienna – Department of > Conservation > -- Camille Myers Breeze, Director Museum Textile Services Andover, Massachusetts www.museumtextiles.com 978-474-9200 Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/museumtextiles> and sign up to receive our eNewsletter<http://museumtextiles.us2.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=b767c9a7fbae09c2c06fba863&id=a1d7ca47c9> .