Charcoal objects

Natalie Lehnhardt <natchen2786 [at] googlemail__com> writes

>My inquiry concerns dry charcoal objects from the first millennium
>BC. The objects consist of charred reed fibres. ...
>...
>... Which methods and
>techniques can be used or are already used to conserve the charred
>fibres?

In 1993 Canadian Conservation Institute issued the report on the
Parylene project (October 1993 David Grattan) as far as I remember
someone tried the Parylene on charred paper. One of the museums
participating in the project was also Wurtt Landesmuseum in
Stuttgart. It might be worth looking into, especially after so many
years after treatments. If you have any difficulty in obtaining the
report, I have a copy.

Jerzy Chlopicki
Conservator Reynolds Alberta Museum
Wetaskiwin, Alta Canada


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