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Jennifer,
Can I point you to "Texture/Color/Surface/Hand - Developments in Loss Compensation for Textiles" by Dorothy Stites Alig, Julie Randolph, and Amanda Holden. In AIC news, May 2003, Volume 28, no. 3. The article explains the use of an airbrush and fabric paints/acrylic paints to tone fills and overlays when compensating for losses and holes. I think that you may be able to selectively tone an overlay of stabiltex or silk crepeline with dark blue paints to minimize the appearance of fading. You could also look at "When Patching is Impractical: Nontraditional Compensation for Loss in a Quilt" by Susan Schmalz, in the AIC TSG Postprints, June 1998 for a similar approach.
I know that Robin Hansen and Jan Vuori have used a system for selectively Dyeing crepeline using a steam bath and dyes in a gel medium, but I'm not sure where or when this system was published. As I remember it is a very sophisticated way of producing a patterned overlay.
Joanne Hackett
Associate Texile Conservator
Indianapolis Museum of Art.
>>> jazemanek@xxxxxxxxx 04/14 9:03 AM >>> I am working on an embroidered silk, four paneled screen. Apparently for years the glass covering one of these silk panels had broken and was missing in three areas. As a result, there is now significant fading of a very deep blue color where the glass is no longer protecting the silk. My client is interested in minimizing this fading.
I am wondering if anyone could share their experience of a similar problem and how they successfully treated it.
Thank you so much,
Jennifer A. Zemanek
Upholstery Conservator
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