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http://dx.doi.org/10.12654/JCS.2019.35.6.04

A Textile Analysis of Woolen Tapestry Curtain in Seoul Museum of Craft Art  

An, Boyeon (Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Center, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Lee, Jangjon (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Lee, Ryangmi (Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Center, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Publication Information
Journal of Conservation Science / v.35, no.6, 2019 , pp. 612-620 More about this Journal
Abstract
A woolen tapestry curtain, owned by the Seoul Museum of Craft Art, is composed of tabby by cotton-warp and wool-weft threads and its patterned part is shown as a tapestry; paint with pigment has been added to it. The chromaticity of this curtain was measured and the substances in the deep red color were confirmed as Hg by an analysis of the ingredients through X-ray fluorescence. This is presumed to be cinnabar or vermilion. Analyses were performed on a total of seven fabric samples, including the warp & weft of the fabric, its trimming, and its back fabric. As a result, the warp of the woolen tapestry curtain was determined to be a cotton fiber with a middle hole or lumen in the cross-section. Furthermore, an infrared peak likewise showed O-H and C-O binding. Wool fibers as wefts were identified with circular and oval cross-sections and IR peaks showed N-H/O-H stretching and amide(-CONH-). The animal hair samples used in the wool fiber are believed to have come from long-tailed goral or goats and the possibility of using easy-to-spin sapsal dog hair is also not to be overlooked. This was determined through a contrast analysis by the Cultural Heritage Administration to identify the animal species used in the tapestry.
Keywords
Woolen tapestry curtain; Wool fiber; Joseon carpet(Joseonchul); Tapestry;
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