Determining the age and origins of Indonesian and Indian trade textiles: multidisciplinary research in art history and conservation science

澳大利亚国家美术馆收藏了世界著名的亚洲纺织品，澳大利亚艺术历史学家、文物保护者和策展人在亚洲纺织品的研究、保护和展览领域都处于国际领先地位。 在这个项目中，他们联合起来，通过对博物馆藏品和实地的关键纺织品类型进行碳定年和物理分析，促进国际社会对印度和印度尼西亚历史生产中心的古老性和身份的了解。 研究结果将有助于其他收集机构评估其所管理的纺织品的年龄和来源的可靠，廉价和非侵入性的指导方针。

The National Gallery of Australia holds a world-renowned collection of Asian textiles and Australian art historians, conservators and curators are international leaders in the field of research, conservation and exhibition of Asian textiles. On this project they join forces to advance international understanding of the antiquity and identity of historical production centres in India and Indonesia through selected carbon dating and physical analysis of key textile types from museum collections and the field. The results will assist in the reliable, inexpensive and non-intrusive guidelines for other collecting institutions to assess the age and origins of textiles in their care.