C5985 Conservation of subjects made from organic materials I - course

Faculty of Science
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/8/0. 8 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Žaneta Kubingerová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Modráčková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Gabriela Vyskočilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Světlana Filípková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Příhoda, CSc.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 12:00–15:50 C12/214, Thu 12:00–15:50 C12/214
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of chemistry and conservation of artifacts made of organic materials, especially paper, textile, and collagenic materials.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The practical laboratory exercise is focused on the basic principles, procedures, and methods used in the conservation and restoration of objects made from organic materials (textiles, paper, and collagenic materials). It includes the fundamentals of production and technology and professional terminology. It is focused on technological surveys of objects and analyzes of materials, which are the basis for the choice of subsequent procedures for conservation and restoration interventions.
Learning outcomes
Passing the course students will gain knowledge and practical skills of cultural heritage artefacts made of organic materials in the view of:
1) features and chemistry of the materials (collagenic materials, paper, textile)
2) ways of their damage and degradation
3) method of their protection and conservation/restoration
Syllabus
  • PAPER
  • 1. Drying of wet-and-frost paper material by microwave lyophilization.
  • 2. Vacuum impregnation.
  • 3. Paper as an object of conservation and restoration investigation.
  • 4. Determination of alcalic reserve, measuring pH and deacidification of paper.
  • 5. Removing of visible damaging of paper I.
  • 6. Removing of visible damaging of paper II.
  • LEATHER
  • 7: Material research of collagen materials - determination of the type of material, degradation degree, production procedures
  • 8: Conservation and restoration of objects made of collagen materials - leather, parchment, fur
  • TEXTILE
  • 9: Textile as the object of investigation, documentation, survey, and sampling.
  • 10: Textile fibers - natural, metallurgical, chemical. Microstructure and macrostructure of plant and animal fibers.
  • 11: Physically – chemical properties of textiles. Sorption of moisture, heat, light, mechanical, optical, electrical, thermal properties.
  • 12: Identification and analysis of textile fibers, solubility, and resistance of fibers to chemical and physical influences. Fiber surface treatment, optically brightening agents.
  • 13: Conservation and restoration of textile materials - textile-technological research (identification and analysis of textile materials, processing technology, fabric binding), conservation/restoration methods and procedures.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • PAŘILOVÁ, Hana. Typologie tkanin - textilní zbožíznalství. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7372-674-4.
  • Příručka textilního odborníka. Část 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981.
  • Skripta PřF pro předměty C5980, C5985 a C8910
  • HLADÍK, Vladimír. Textilní vlákna. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1970.
  • Příručka textilního odborníka. Část 2. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981.
  • PILLER, Bohumil, LEVINSKÝ, Otto. Malá encyklopedie textilních materiálů. SNTL: Praha, 1978.
  • NIKITIN, Michail Kapitonovič and Jelena Petrovna MEL'NIKOVA. Chemie v konzervátorské a restaurátorské praxi. Translated by Jiří Příhoda. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 231 s. ISBN 8021030623. info
  • TIMÁR-BALÁZSY, Ágnes and Dinah EASTOP. Chemical principles of textile conservation. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998, xx, 443. ISBN 0750626208. info
    not specified
  • ĎUROVIČ, Michal. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2002, 517 s. ISBN 8071853836. info
  • BLAŽEJ, Anton and Antonín GALATÍK. Technologie kůže a kožešin. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1984, 451 s. info
  • BLAŽEJ, Anton. Tenzidy. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, vydavateľstvo technickej a ekonomickej literatúry, 1977, 481 s. info
Teaching methods
laboratory practice
Assessment methods
credit - submission of conservation reports
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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