No. 20 (2015): Revista Conserva
Estudio de caso

Techniques and Materials of Metal Threads from the Opening Collection of 1882 Belonging to the Dominican Historical Museum

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  • Carolina Rubio González

Published 2015-12-31

Keywords

  • metal thread,
  • liturgical vestment,
  • metal strip,
  • damage
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Techniques and Materials of Metal Threads from the Opening Collection of 1882 Belonging to the Dominican Historical Museum. (2015). Revista Conserva, 20, 71-85. https://doi.org/10.70721/rc.n20.2015.87

Abstract

The following project deals with the identification of the techniques and materials used in the fabrication of metal threads obtained from the vestments of the Opening Collection of 1882 that belongs to the Dominican Historical Museum.  The purpose of this work was to develop a preventive conservation proposal that aims to the preservation of the items over time. USB microscopy analyses were carried out in order to identify metal threads and their damage. Optic and SEM microscopy were used to define the constructive techniques and identify materials.

The analyses results allowed the identification of twelve types of metal threads and two different fabrication techniques, while seven metals of different characteristics and two types of natural fibers were found. These results are consistent, in most of the cases, with the religious vestments production from Lyon, France, during the XIX century.

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