Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 27. (Budapest, 2009)

Emese PÁSZTOR - Márta TÓTH - Anikó PATAKI - Andrea VÁRFALVI: Turkish Cases from the Esterházy Treasury

Z-twistwarp, density: 16/cm Z-twist weft, density: 14/cm Applique fabric wine-red, plain, napped silk warp velvet

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4 Appliqué fabric on which the motifs were drawn linen-weave, wine-red silk (taffeta) Twisted warp, density: 40/cm Twisted weft, density: 20/cm Threads used Padding thread Z-twist, uncoloured cotton Skófium silver-gilt wire silver wire Thread for attaching the skófium twostrand, Z-twist, yellow silk Thread contouring the motifs S-twist, brown silk Z-twist, black wool Twisted thread contouring the motifs twobranched (6 strands each), Z-twist, silvergilt wire Thread fastening the leather and textile parts raw flax Woven cord 2 pieces of S-twist, raw flax 2 pieces of S-twist, brown flax Leathers Lining vegetable-tanned goatskin Back panel vegetable-tanned calfskin Strips used for edging wine-red parchment Condition assessment Before restoration, the artefact was soiled, crumbling and wrinkled. Various parts of it had become misshapen to differing degrees (fig. III/2). The surface of the crumpled velvet fabrics was threadbare along the fracture lines. The frayed edges of the bagazia reinforcing the velvet were incomplete. Threads holding down the skófium and those forming the contours were broken and in many places had worn off. In some places the corroded metal yarn had drifted and become crumpled. Where the wire was missing the clusters of thread padding out the embroidery had broken surface. Having lost their original colour and having become stained in places, the leather parts had become hard and stiff. Their surfaces were in places marked by traces of gnawing by insects. On the upper aperture of the case, the protrusions narrowing either into spheres or into points were broken or missing. 100