[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You beat me to it! My husband told me about it this morning, and I was going to pass it on to the list. I believe the plans are to try to stabilize/save the piece first, and then try some analysis. (I remember reading that several years ago, a piece of silk was found--I believe they think it might have been Phillip of Macedonia's tomb, but it had basically turned to jelly, as the silk proteins were broken down)
COMMENT To use 60yr old schoolboy slang - "I say, what a swizz! They only show you the copper vessel on the Site, - no pics of the fabric!" [Or if there were, I didn't find them!] I suppose we'll all have to wait until the fabric has been through a lengthy stabilisation and conservation process, before we get to see the cloth. Could be many months! Matthew, in "old" Jersey _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
