The scientific analysis of buried fabrics from the 16th century tomb of Kim Heumjo was conducted, focusing on the conservation of fabrics. In order to find out the appropriate cleaning solvent and detergent for historical textiles, phys cal, chemical,...
The scientific analysis of buried fabrics from the 16th century tomb of Kim Heumjo was conducted, focusing on the conservation of fabrics. In order to find out the appropriate cleaning solvent and detergent for historical textiles, phys cal, chemical, and biological analysis was conducted. The following results are obtained from this study: 1. The buried fabrics from the tomb of Kim HeumJo were composed of cotton, silk, and ramie. Most of fabrics had lost their original colors faded to brown. It was revealed variations in weaves and patterns were very developed at that times. 2. The chemical components of soils are hydrocarbons, alkyl alcohols, nitrogen compounds, aromatic organic acid, which is supposed to be from a human body, microorganisms, and their by-products. 3. Seven kinds of fungi, Actinomycetes, Corynebacterium spp., Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus, Clostridium were isolated from the fabrics. The most common fungus was Bacillus.