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

dr. Ágnes Balázsy: "A stitch in time saves nine" - ethical aspects of textile conservation

and schock of the conservator. This is also an ethical rule: conservation should never cause suprises. The result of each of the steps should be estimated so that no harm to the object could result from them. The same piece is a good example for too much completion: the conservator was forced by the curator to make sleeves to the coat although no data about the original cut and length of the sleeves was available [4] - Photo 9. Photo 7. Photo 8. The uniform of Maria Theresia'« quard The discoloration of the textile in the surbefore restoration roundings of the treated silver trimmings, due to the chemical used Flags usually provide us with most valuable information on history and/or religion. Large number of painted flags can be found in the Hungarian collections. Complicated conservation tasks occur with flags painted on both sides of a single layer of silk. The silk has been usually seriously deteriorated, especially if it is weighted silk, containing large amount of metal compounds which make silk fibers very sensitive to light. In the 60s and 70s the only solution for restoration of this kind of flags was that one side was covered with a support fabric fixed to the original silk with fine conservation stitches. This method helped to keep the object in one piece and fix loose threads [5].