Hi everyone,

Nitrogen filled case is discussed in Johanna Nilsson's dissertation, with a
very useful evaluation of pros and cons of such method, the link is below.

2010 In Search of Scientific Methods for Conservation of Historic Silk
Costumes

https://www.google.at/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0ahUKEwiBvNKe2erSAhVLKsAKHYpqCjcQFgg2MAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fconservation.gu.se%2FdigitalAssets%2F1309%2F1309145_nilsson_2010_conservation_of_historic_silk.pdf&usg=AFQjCNFPGTNwCoDb11b8J48mTlOjjtGw1g&sig2=wLLFIxBc5nBjAWXXB0b-Lw&cad=rja

with best wishes

Luba Nurse

currently
Object Conservator, Weltmuseum Wien


On 22 March 2017 at 17:19, Ballard, Mary <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Hello everyone. Here is a reduced image of the Pallio that concerns Dr.
> Pessa.
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> Mary W.  Ballard
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> Senior Textiles Conservator
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> Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
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> 4210 Silver Hill Road
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> Suitland, Maryland 20746
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> Tel 301-238-1210 Fax 301-238-3709
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> *From:* Textile Conservators [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Loredana Pessa
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 01, 2017 10:53 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Display of a very large and important Byzantine Textile
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> Good morning
>
> I’m the Curator of Textiles Collection of the City of Genoa and I would
> like to kindly ask for your help with an important question regarding the
> display  of an extraordinary Byzantine silk in our collections, the
> Byzantine “Pallio,”as it has come to be known in the scholarship.  It is
> associated with the Treaty of Nymphaion (1261), the Genoese-Byzantine
> alliance forged with the intention of reconquering Constantinople from the
> Latins.  This large textile (1,323 x 3,76 meters), a red samite, is
> embroidered with silk and metallic threads,  as you can see from the
> attached file. Since 2009, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence
>  begun the restoration work on “Pallio” that will be end in October or
> November  2017. According to the restoration project, metallic threads will
> be deoxidated by manual treatment. Now, we must project a show-case to
> display the “Pallio” in the Sant’Agostino Museum after the restoration.
> Regarding this one, the chief of Textiles Department of Opificio delle
> Pietre Dure, Susanna Conti, suggested us a show-case containing materials
> suited to the task of controlling humidity but, above all, oxygen-free and
> with humidified nitrogen to avoid the reoxidation of metal threads.
>
> Please, could you answer the following questions:
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> - Do you know in any Museum or private collection  show-cases oxygen-free
> and with humidified nitrogen suited to ancient textiles?
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> - Do you know of other examples of display of large ancient textiles
> characterized by just deoxidated metal threads?
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> Every advice is welcome.
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> Loredana Pessa
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> Dott.ssa Loredana Pessa
> Conservatore Raccolte Ceramiche, Collezioni Tessili, Museo Luxoro
> Ufficio: Musei di Strada Nuova, Palazzo Bianco, Via Garibaldi, 11
> 16124 Genova
> tel.: +39 010 5572254 <+39%20010%20557%202254> - 3355699493 fax: +39 010
> 5572269 <+39%20010%20557%202269>
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MA Hist, MA Text Cons
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& dress
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*Honorary Lecturer in Conservation, Institute of Archaeology, UCL*
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