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
>



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Museum Textile Services
Andover, Massachusetts
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