KONSERWACJA XVII- I XVIII-WIECZNEJ DZIECIĘCEJ ODZIEŻY GROBOWEJ

• Authors: Anna Drążkowska

Title variants

EN

CONSERVATION OF SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BURIAL APPAREL

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with textile monuments extracted in the course of archaeological work from crypts and tombs situated below floors in the churches of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary in Toruń, St. Nicholas in Toruń, St. John in Gdańsk, St. Peter and Paul in Tworków, and the Holy Virgin Mary in Kostrzyn as well as the arch-cathedral of St. John in Lublin. The conservation encompassed 29 fragments of children’s clothes, which comprised part of the outfitting of children’s burials. Select examples of the apparel, preserved in larger fragments, were reconstructed by recreating the original form and shape. The conserved clothes had been sewn specially for the burial ceremony in accordance with the fashion of the time; they are accompanied by clothes worn by children while alive, “death” smocks, and apparel specially made from refashioned daily clothes. The conservation was conducted in the Atelier for the Documentation and Conservation of Archaeological Monuments in the Institutes of Archaeology at the Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń. Since the conserved clothes were coagulated, affected by fungi, damaged and dirty, they were first disinfected in a gas chamber by using ethylene oxide. After initial cleaning, the disinfection was repeated by applying a 0,5% solution of m p-chloro-m-cresol in methanol (PCMC). Prior to the cleaning, silk fibres were moistened and rendered flexible by means of a 5% and 10% water solution of PEG 200 or PEG 300. Several days later, the water bath was augmented with Pretepon G, used as a washing agent. One of the dresses and one of the żupans were impregnated (Paraloid B72, polyethylene glycol 300 in methanol and toluene) due to the damaged and weakened silk fibres. The next stage involved duplicating and reconstructing the missing elements of the clothes with acrylic glue 498 HV (Lascaux); in places the fabric was threaded together. Finally, trimmings made out of metal thread were cleaned and protected separately.

Keywords

PL

dziecięca odzież grobowa; konserwacja tkanin; Koszulka Anny Majremanówny; wams; powijaki; żupan; oczyszczanie tkanin; impregnacja

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 2005
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 55-67

Dates

published

2005

Contributors

author

Anna Drążkowska

• dr, archeolog i konserwator zabytków archeologicznych, jest pracownikiem Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Specjalizuje się w konserwacji zabytków wykonanych z surowców pochodzenia organicznego. Najwięcej uwagi poświęca konserwacji i rekonstrukcji zabytkowej odzieży wydobywanej z krypt grobowych. W 2002 r. otrzymała nagrodę Unii Europejskiej za ochronę dziedzictwa kulturowego, a w 2004 r. – Nagrodę Specjalną Ministra Kultury. W kręgu jej zainteresowań znajduje się XVII- i XVIII-wieczna kultura funeralna.

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247