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1. Forgery of ancient silk leaves chemical footprint: Amino acid signature suggests artificial aging of purported Persian silks.

Author

Dalton, Louisa

Subjects
*SILK, *SILK finishing, *SILK industry, *SILK production, *FORGING, *FORGING research
Abstract

The articles reports that Chemists have revealed reason for ancient silk forgeries by revealing telltale chemical traces in the fabric. They have shown that amino acid analysis reveals real ancient silk from fake, and their analysis method shows the manner of deception. The Amino acid measurements from the forged silks matches modern silks which have been soaked in hot base to artificially age them.

Published
2017

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