Műtárgyvédelem, 2004 (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum)
Összefoglalók
ordered on the occasion of the crowning of either Carolina Augusta Hungarian Queen in 1825 or King Ferdinand Hungarian king in 1830. Klára Rhédey probably wore the dress in this form at major court events and at the crowning in 1867. The dress was also worn in 1916 at King Charles IV’s crowning. The diversity of the fabrics that compose the corset-body did not afford a wet cleaning in a single event. The unstitching of the components, at the same time, would have disrupted the originality and the intact condition, which can be met so rarely in the case of dresses. No obvious pollution could be observed on the cloth and the ornamental ribbons. The dirt could have been removed from the white lining at the sacrifice of the original stitches and at the risk of the shrinking of the linen. Cleaning with solvents would have afforded an intervention without unstitching. Its desiccating effect, however, would have caused more damage than the advantage the cleaning could have brought. Thus, the dress was only a mechanically dusted. The sleeves were naturally unstitched. The frill was composed of four layers. We found fragments of tulle at the stitches, which suggested that the former tulle sleeve must have been torn before it was replaced with this one. This sleeve was so friable and defective that the lamella embroidery was transferred onto cotton tulle. The silver embroidery was cleaned with Argentol. The stomacher was missing under the lacing, thus, starting from original dresses of the same age, a completion was made from a cardboard support coated with silk and tulle. The idea of the wet cleaning of the skirt was dropped because of the moiré ornament, while cleaning with solvents was too risky because of the large size. The aim was the reconstruction of the condition of 1810, so the gathered waistline was removed. The 5 cm broad and 5 m long tulle band embroidered with silver lamella was unstitched from the lower border of the skirt and it was transferred onto cotton tulle. The apron also got a cotton tulle support and it was cleaned in water mixed with Präwocell detergent. The veil had repeatedly been mended. The original tulle was in such a poor condition that it could not be rescued. The embroideries were one by one transferred on new cotton tulle. A dummy matching the dress was prepared with a headdress. The gala dress can be seen in the Royal Castle Museum in Gödöllő. 159
