Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 27. (Budapest, 2009)
Emese PÁSZTOR - Márta TÓTH - Anikó PATAKI - Andrea VÁRFALVI: Turkish Cases from the Esterházy Treasury
Restoration Cleaning, conservation As a first step, I removed the inexpertly performed repair. Next, I had to dismantle the different parts of the case, on account of the deformation of the textile and other parts and the need to treat these. The brittle, incomplete parchment border already performed its fastening role in only a few places. Therefore, its removal was accompanied by the taking out of just a little of the original stitching (fig. III/4— 5). Noting down the measurements and the making of patterns drawn on polyethylene foam were of assistance when I came to reassemble the individually restored pieces later on. I removed the loosely attached surface soiling on the textiles using a miniature vacuum cleaner. HI/6. Leather parts in the moisture cabinet After removing the grease from the corroded skófium embroidery using ethanol, I cleaned the fabrics with an emulsion. 65 I placed the pieces of textile in the washing solution one by one; I then carefully brushed the metal parts. Having taken them out of the washing solution, I wiped the loosened but not completely removed corrosion from the surfaces using paper wadding. As a result of repeating the process many times, the shine on the metal wire became visible. Having set out the pieces, I then performed the drying using entomological pins. I cleaned the remains of the cording on the case by soaking it in softened water to which Prevocel 6 6 had been added. Washing was followed by the laying out and drying of the pieces. When cleaning the leather, I wiped the hard, stiff pieces one by one using a solution of liquor. 6" By doing this I performed conservation also. This was because the liquor, as well as removing soiling, penetrated among the fibres of the leather and replaced the water and oils lacking there. I placed Agrofolia 6 8 on the liquor-permeated leather. On the Agrofolia I put paper wadding, the surface of which I then sprayed with softened water. To the water I had added Preventol CMK 6 9 in 1 per cent isopropyl alcohol, preventing by means of this the possible development of fungus under the influence of the moisture. In order to prevent the drying out of the leather, I covered the different pieces with polyethylene foil. On the basis of the pattern I had made earlier, I endeavoured to adjust the back panel and the lining to their shape at the time of disassembly. When laying them out, I pushed a needle through the original thread-holes running along the edges of the different pieces of leather. Under compresses, the shrivelled pieces had not softened to the desired degree, with 102
