Table of Contents

'Identification and deterioration of textile materials' Jan Wouters 'Identifying materials: analytical methodology' Fenella France 'Billowing silk and bendable binders: Is flexibility the key to understanding banner behaviour?' Cordelia Rogerson and Frances Lennard "Net" what it seems! The impact of detailed research and analysis on the approaches to the conservation of two early 19th Century machine made silk net dresses' Paul Garside and Sarah Howard 'Getting technical: The study of two 17th C. embroideries' Maarten van Bommel, Jan Carlson, Jennifer Mass and Anna Peranteau 'Degradation of cellulosics' Matija Strlic 'Against all odds! The survival of textile materials in the archaeological record' Elizabeth Peacock 'Surveying silk fibre degradation by crystallinity determination: A study on the Tang-Dynasty silk treasure from Famen temple, China' Susanne Greiff, Hartmut Kutzke, Sophia Lahlil, Christian Riekel and Paul Wyeth 'Studies on ancient Japanese silk fibres using FTIR microscopy' Yoshiko Sasaki and Masanori Sato 'Archaeological textiles' Elizabeth Peacock 'The degradation and preservation of textiles in human burials' Rob Janaway 'Optical and scanning electron microscopy techniques for the identification of hair fibres from Roman-Egyptian textiles' Jane Batcheller 'Treatment of Egyptian cellulosic textiles against fungal deterioration' Omar Abdel-Kareem and S. Samaha 'Learning from the present and the past' Graham Martin 'Prioritising interventive treatments for textile materials' David Howell 'Characterisation of Renaissance metal threads' Marei Hacke and Chris Carr 'Is it possible to evaluate conservation methods for historical costumes?' Johanna Nilsson 'The development of a Web-accessible reference library of deteriorated fibres' Jane Merritt 'Digital microscopy and applications of digital image analysis for the study of textile fibres' Judy Bischoff 'A model for technical analysis of flags' Fonda Ghiardi Thomsen 'Characterising and monitoring textiles' Fenella France 'Accelerated ageing of fabric supports: Is it possible?' Christina Young 'Assessing the physical state of the Fore-topsail of HMS Victory' Paul Garside and Paul Wyeth 'The application of dynamic mechanical analysis to model and historic tapestries' Marianne Odlyha 'Signatures of ageing: correlations with behaviour' Paul Wyeth 'Size exclusion chromatography as a tool for monitoring silk degradation in historic tapestries' Kathryn Hallett and David Howell 'Identification and condition evaluation of deteriorated protein fibres at the sub-microgram level by calibrated amino acid analysis' Ina Vanden Berghe and Jan Wouters 'Annotating textile biographies' Jane Merritt 'Concealed garments' Dinah Eastop and Ross McEwing 'New insights into textiles: The potential of X-radiography as an investigative technique' Mary Brooks and Sonia O'Connor 'An initial exploration of the benefits of using transmitted visible light and infrared photography to access information concealed within multi-layered textiles ' Mike Halliwell and Karen Thompson 'A new way to look at old quilts' Frances Whitaker Mayhew 'Understanding historic dyeing technology: a multifaceted approach' Ina Vanden Berghe, Bertriz Devia and Jan Wouters 'Chromatographic Analyses of Ancient Middle Eastern Dyes' Zvi Koren 'Historical and analytical research of the dyes used for early Scottish tartans' John Burnett, Hugh Cheape and Anita Quye 'The application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and accelerated light ageing for the analytical identification of yellow flavonoid dyes in historical tapestries' Alison Hulme, Hamish McNab, David Peggie and Anita Quye 'Physical and chemical characterisation of deteriorated Coptic Egyptian textiles using non-destructive methods' Omar Abdel-Kareem 'Towards a clearer understanding of whitening' Nicole Rode, Cordelia Rogerson and Paul Wyeth 'Identifying and understanding Indian plant fibre textiles' Mel Penrhys Jones 'Raman microspectroscopy interrogating 19th and 20th century painted Trades Union banners' Averil MacDonald, Cordelia Rogerson and Paul Wyeth 'Understanding the economic influence of the dyeing industry in Pompeii through the application of experimental archaeology and thermodynamics' Heather Hopkins, Lorna Watling, Rob Janaway, Damian Robinson 'Tapestries of Corona' Concha Herrero 'The development of a histological index for assessing the condition of hair from archaeological or forensic contexts' Andrew Wilson, Rob Janaway and Desmond Tobin 'Art or science? Reflections on the work of preparing textiles for exhibition' Irene Skals 'Analysis, identification and deterioration aspects of metallic threads' Wafaa Mohamed 'Studies on dyeing with cochineal and ageing of dyed fabric' Harby Ezz Eldeen Hassan, Khaled El-Nagar and Yassin Zidan 'Investigations of an archaeological cap' Meg Wang 'Tracing the tradecloth: analysis of English South West wool and cloth found in ethnographic artefacts to explore and exhibit local and global history' Morwena Stephens 'Textiles from a 17th century privy at the colony of Avalon' Cathy Mathias 'Yellow dyes in Japanese kimonos' Mie Ishii and Masako Saito