• Year 2022
• Year 2021
• Year 2020
• Year 2019
• Year 2018
• Year 2017
• Year 2016
• Year 2015
• Year 2014
• Year 2013
• Year 2012
• Year 2011
• Year 2010
• Year 2009
• Year 2008
• Year 2007
• Year 2006
• Year 2005
• Year 2004
• Year 2003
• Year 2002
• Year 2001
• Year 2000
• Year 1999
• Year 1998
• Year 1997
• Year 1996
• Year 1995
• Year 1994
• Year 1993

Manufacturing Possibilities of Silk Paper for Antique Fabric Conservation

Research and development

Authors:

• Machnowski Waldemar
  Department of Physics and Metrology of Textiles, Technical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
• Kotlińska Anna (j/w)
• Lipp-Symonowicz Barbara (j/w)
• Kowalska Stanislawa (j/w)
• Wrzosek Henryk (j/w)

Full text

Abstract: In this study, the conditions and results of silk fibre modification with the use of proteolytic enzymes are presented. Using the technique of scanning electron microscope (SEM), it was shown that the enzymatic treatment resulted in clear fibrillation of the silk fibre surface. The structural change in the surface of these fibres made it possible to process them by the paper-making method to obtain homogeneous pulp (65% silk and 35% linters) and thin sheets of silk paper with a basis weight of 25 g/m2. It was concluded that the silk paper obtained corresponds to the needs of conservators.

Tags: antique fabrics, enzymes, fibrillation, SEM images, silk fibres, silk paper, surface structure.

Published in issue no 3 (68) / 2008, pages 114–116.