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® > > > 25 Jahre Atelier für Textilkonservierung – 19 Jahre Ideen für Museen > ------------------------------ > *Prev art *GmbH - Atelier für Textilkonservierung > Dipl. Textilkonservatorin-Restauratorin FH / SKR Karin von Lerber > CH - 8405 Winterthur // Oberseenerstrasse 93 // Tel. + 41 (0)52 233 12 54 > e-mail [log in to unmask] // www.prevart.ch > >