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: > > > Hello everyone. Here is a reduced image of the Pallio that concerns Dr. > Pessa. > > > > Mary W. Ballard > > Senior Textiles Conservator > > Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute > > 4210 Silver Hill Road > > Suitland, Maryland 20746 > > Tel 301-238-1210 Fax 301-238-3709 > > > > > > *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 > > > > 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: > > - Do you know in any Museum or private collection show-cases oxygen-free > and with humidified nitrogen suited to ancient textiles? > > - Do you know of other examples of display of large ancient textiles > characterized by just deoxidated metal threads? > > Every advice is welcome. > > > > Loredana Pessa > > > > -- > > 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> > > [image: http://www1.comune.genova.it/logo_genova_vert.png] > -- Luba D. Nurse MA Hist, MA Text Cons Mobile: +43 66565117375 <+43%20665%2065117375> Conservator-restorer: organic materials, ethnographic collections, textiles & dress Conservation Project Management, Collection Care *Honorary Lecturer in Conservation, Institute of Archaeology, UCL* https://lubasconservation.wordpress.com/