Endrei Walter szerk.: Textilipari Múzeum Évkönyve 8. 1995 (Budapest, 1995)

Enikő Sipos: Conservation of the mitre stored in the Treasury of the Basilica of Esztergom

seemed otherwise intact. Many pearls were missing, mainly on the right side of the back-panel, furtheron in the border-strap of the right-side ribbon, where it had been exposed to mechanical stress during wearing. The gems are intact, on the settings of some of them a slight surfacecorrosion could be observed. This is either an oxidic or sulphidic corrosion, generated by the alloying material of the gold, or - in case if the setting is gilt silver - it is some corrosion-product of the silver migrating to the surface. The lining which was put into the mitre in the last century, became worn-out mainly at the horns of the mitre. The weft threads carrying the silver strips were freely floating. Only some smaller fragments remained of the silk atlas which was The mitre is intended to be used at some special occasions, there for our task was not only the coservation of the present condition, but also the completion of the damaged, parts, with the original technique and with pearls. After the cleaning the sewing back of the pearls which had fallen off, the reinforcing of the pearls which were loosened and the replacement of the missing pearls was necessary. It was essential to support the lining which had been put into the mitre in the last century and to conserve the seams of it using sewing-conservation. About the conservation: After having made the cleaning trials, we cleaned the surfaces covered with pearls with a solution consisting of distilled water and alcohol. We have used for the lining of the cap.