EU H2020 Project "LIGHTFASTR (Understanding the light-fastness of heritage Turkey Red textiles through..)": description, partecipants, costs and EC-fundings

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Project "LightFasTR" data sheet

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Coordinator	UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Organization address address: UNIVERSITY AVENUE city: GLASGOW postcode: G12 8QQ website: www.gla.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	United Kingdom [UK]
Project website	https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/research/arthistoryresearch/projectsandnetworks/lightfastr/
Total cost	183˙454 €
EC max contribution	183˙454 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility)
Code Call	H2020-MSCA-IF-2015
Funding Scheme	MSCA-IF-EF-ST
Starting year	2017
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2017-03-20 to 2019-03-19

#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW	UK (GLASGOW)	coordinator	183˙454.00

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

UK (GLASGOW)

coordinator

183˙454.00

Project objective

LightFasTR seeks to increase physical and creative access to Europe’s most profitable globalised textile of the 19th c. Industrial Revolution - Turkey red (TR) printed cotton. TR was famed for colourful bold patterns on a characteristic bright red background. Many 19th c. TR printed cottons survive within the pages of pattern books as well-preserved, vibrant and creative storyboards of forgotten global trade and cultural connections. Museums and archives want to exhibit these collections and increase access, but need to preserve the colours, especially the characteristic red. The 19th c. TR makers’ claim of excellent light-fastness for the red dye is unproven, raising uncertainty about suitable light levels and exposure times for historical TR textile collections. LightFasTR unites the materials and processes of making 19th c. TR with modern dye chemistry and heritage textile conservation science to provide essential guidance for museums and archives. LightFasTR draws upon the Fellow’s expertise in dye chemistry and reaction mechanisms, and extensive research knowledge of industrial dyeing, notably madder, the traditional natural dye for TR. The Fellow takes an innovative approach to heritage TR preservation by combining historical research of different 19th c. materials and methods with state-of–the art chemical studies of the colorants in historical and reconstructed textiles. LightFasTR seeks to answer: to what extent do differences in materials, methods, makers and period impact on TR colour light-fastness? How much light exposure is safe for historical TR, particularly the red dyes? Should recommended current light-levels in museums and archives be increased or decreased for TR? The Fellow brings the host organisation a unique skill-set of natural dye chemistry for industrialised dyeing to create a world-class knowledge base in the lost tacit and technical skills needed to needed to understand and preserve Europe’s surviving TR heritage.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2018	Mohammad Shahid Turkey Red Industry in the Nineteenth Century: Transition from Natural Madder to Synthetic Alizarin published pages: 24, ISSN: , DOI:	Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group NEWSLETTER No. 75 Winter 2019	2019-05-14
2019	Mohammad Shahid, Anita Quye Turkey redâ€“Annotated bibliography published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.14756.53122		2019-05-14

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