Stitched support methods using laid couching, brick couching and crepeline attached by running stitc

Learn how three support methods commonly used in costume conservation are carried out on artificially aged and damaged silk used as surrogates for historic costumes. • Support fabric with laid couching • Support fabric with brick couching • Crepeline attached with running stitches To learn more about artificially ageing and conservation of silk as well as how the support methods affect fragile silk follow this link to the PhD thesis “Ageing and Conservation of Silk - Evaluation of Three Support Methods Using Artificially Aged Silk” http://hdl.handle.net/2077/40524 and the article “Evaluation of Stitched Support Methods for the Remedial Conservation of Historical Silk Costumes” in e-conservation Journal, 2015, 3.