CONSERVATION OF A RARE PAINTED ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTILE OBJECT FROM THE EGYPTIAN

This study describes conservation of a painted ancient Egyptian textile object from the collection of Osiris cloths in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. An evaluation of the reactivation consolidation technique to reinforcement of ancient Egyptian painted textiles was performed. Various investigation methods were carried out to identify the fibres, paints, and other materials, which are part of the selected object. The condition of the object was also investigated. Newly prepared painted linen textile samples were artificially deteriorated to be used for evaluation of the suggested reactivation consolidation technique. The aged textile samples were treated with three selected adhesives in three different concentrations and the samples were evaluated. The results show that the tested consolidation technique is suitable to reinforce deteriorated linen textiles. The evaluated consolidation technique is simple, effective and can be applied using simple tools that are common to many conservation labs.