Textiles are civilizational treasures and dresses are forms of cultural heritage, because clothing is a visual means of communicating ideas and values. It is very fragile, though, and can survive only in very good conservation conditions. Most become nearly completely destroyed due to ageing. This paper presents the documentation and conservation processes of a children Coptic tunic. The tunic is stored in the Egyptian textile museum. It dates to Coptic period, and it was made mostly of linen textile. Stereo microscopy was used in the identification of the textile structure and SEM microscopy associated with EDAX was used to identify the morphology of the fibers, recording the deterioration levels, and analysis the dirty threads. The analytical results proved that the textile structure involves plain weave openwork technique. The tunic was made of linen fibers. There are traces of calcium, chlorine, silicon, sulphide, magnesium and aluminum, elements. Within the same context, it could be said that the main challenges of conservation were the poor condition of the tunic and the previous supporting. The main conservation treatments were surface cleaning and supporting the dress on silk crepeline. The previous supporting stitches were removed. Finally, the tunic was prepared for museum display.

This paper explores the deterioration aspects were found due to suffering from several degradation factors during the previous museum exhibition for an Indian archaeological cashmere piece. The textile is multicolored, and was exhibited in Applied Art museum in case m.s 121/6. Also, treatment and conservation method have been done successfully such as cleaning the piece, supporting of the deteriorated areas on new linen fabric and the museum display have been done by using a wood frame. But many deteriorated, degradation aspects were investigated by using recent technologies such as scanning electron microscopy were used to identify the kind of fibers, their condition and surface morphology, FTIR was used to identify the kinds of dyes, and XR-D was used to identify mordant.

When a textile comes into contact with metal surface such as iron, Metal starts to corrode very quickly in the presence of damp, oxygen and the increasing of acidity conditions. Corrosion products start to form on the metal surface around the textile fibres which contact with it. Through short time, a reaction between iron ions and textile will be happened, which cause deterioration in textile. The textile degrades due of the oxidation process, hydrolysis and acid accumulates, and its symptoms include loss of strength and brittleness. This study focus on the effect of iron corrosion on the linen and wool textiles. The methods of investigation were used, tensile strength and elongation of all samples. They were carried out to study the physical and mechanical properties of samples. Scanning Electron Microscopy equipped with EDAX (SEM-EDAX) was used for identifying the fibers deterioration. EDAX was also used to identify the types of corrosion presence and thus, for understanding deterioration. The degradation of the textile samples has been detected by infrared spectroscopy (IR).

The research includes a treatment and restoration of a piece of textile from the Abbasid period which decorated with writing. It was stored in the Egyptian Textile Museum. The piece has been found in a severe damage case that led to the weak fibers. It has many missing areas, stains and dirt. Scanning electron microscopy was used to analyze the fibers to identify them and to characterize their deterioration. UV Analysis was used to identify the type of dye and identify the type of adhesive which the piece pasted with it on a free acid paper. The piece was treated by supporting it by using needle work. Finally the piece was prepared for museum display.