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Jennifer Feik writes
Hi jennifer,
I have just treated and mounted a
major shawl exhibition and 80% of the shawls had deep tangled
fringes . the real problem ones were those from the 20s and 30s which became
nightmares and took for ever to treat. I found localised ultra-sconic
humidity , the use of fingers first, followed by a large tapestry
needle gently probing the twisted lengths apart. As I separated a section I
placed glass weights on top and when dry the fringing was vastly improved.
There was some memory return to 'tangling ' during transport to the gallery
but again a little more humidty applied and the shawls have stayed perfect
on display since August.
Rolling four sided fringing is
difficult but I find sandwiching a shawl between 2 lengths of Tyvek
and getting the assistance of extra hands when rolling seems to do the
trick. The fringing will not stay perfectly flat but at least the tangles
cannot occur .
good luck and lots of
patience
valerie carson
Te Papa Museum of New
Zealand
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From: Textile Conservators [mailto:TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jennifer Feik Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 9:39 a.m. To: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: shawls
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