Scenario 3: Fading colors in Textiles (dresses and tapestry)

Textiles colored with natural dyes are very fragile and suffer from a rapid degradation over time. This is particularly true for textiles made of precious metal fibers, such as in the case of embroidery made with silver or gold. These suffer a change in just a decade and therefore the original glamour of dresses and liturgic clothes, cannot be appreciated anymore by a public that often sees pretty drab objects. There is a high need to conserve and communicate these collections, an attempt that has never been attempted.

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