Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (한국의류학회지)

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The Study and Conservation of Woven Cigarette Inserts

담배 사은품 실크 인서트(Silk Inserts)에 관한 연구와 보존처리

  • Published : 2006.02.01
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to document and preserve an unidentified textile purchased at a flea market. This study object is important because it is one of the very rare silk insert series from 1930s which were created for commercial use(as inclusion in cigarette packages). The investigation was conducted by researching the limited publications that discuss silk inserts, visiting many sites on the internet that offer such inserts for sale or catering to the collectors of these silk inserts, and especially visiting the collection of silk inserts, named the J.R. Burdick Collection, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Several pieces matched the patches used in the study piece. But Buidick's description on time frame(1912-1915) did not indicate the full range of production of silk inserts. After the identification of object, the conservation treatment was carefully done using adhesives. The results of this study can be summarized as follows; 1. The silk inserts of the study object were included as promotions by some company owned by the American Tobacco Company, probably at some time between 1934 and 1939. 2. The initial stage in the conservation treatment was mechanical surface cleaning using a vacuum cleaner. After vacuuming, humidification was conducted to reduce creases in the top of the object. The damaged areas were backed with stabiltax coated with a solution of Elvace 45675 since the fiber of this object was too deteriorated. 3. Adhesive treatments using Elvace showed satisfactory results: flexibility, strength, no damaging effects on the study object, removability without damaging the object.

본 연구의 목적은 뉴욕의 플리마켓에서 구입한 매우 흥미로운 퀼트 텍스타일을 관찰함으로서 시작되었다. 흔하지 않은 스타일의 실크 인서트(Silk inserts)들로 구성된 이 퀼트를 본 연구자로 하여금 그 역사적 가치를 조명하고 문서기록을 남기며 보존처리하여 텍스타일 역사의 발전에 도움을 주는 것에 의의를 두고 있다. 본 연구의 방법으로는 관련된 문헌고찰과 뉴욕의 메트로폴리탄 박물관 J. R. Burdick 콜렉션을 방문하여 퀼트의 패치들이 silk insert라는 분석을 내렸고 Burdick의 연구(제작연대 1910$\∼$1912)에 의문을 갖고 연구자가 조사를 진행하여 이 연구과제에 사용된 silk inserts의 제작연대가 1934년경부터 1939년경이라는 결론을 내렸다. 다음 단계로는 이 직물의 상태를 분석하였는데, 실크 섬유의 상태가 바느질을 견디지 못하는 상태로 판단해 보존처리 방법으로는 접착제 Elvace 46575(vinyl acetate copolymer resin emulsion)를 Stabiltax에 코팅처리하여 직물을 강화처리하였다. 본 연구는 문서처리 되지 않은 미확인 직물의 역사적 의미 발견과 보존처리를 통해 후대의 텍스타일 연구자들에게 정보를 제공한다는 측면에서 가치가 있다고 사료된다.

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