Textiles laboratory
The textiles laboratory carries out studies of the techniques and materials used on textile works of art and archeological textile remains.
The laboratory focuses on:
- identifying the natural colorants and the first organic synthetic colorants and studying their deterioration;
- identifying proteins and their deterioration;
- identifying fibers and their phenomena of deterioration;
- identifying stains;
- the structure of wires.

Contact person : Ina Vanden Berghe - ina.vandenberghe @ kikirpa.be
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage