Linen fabrics from Ancient Egypt were stronger than the European canvas of Modern times

The international group of researchers compared samples from several canvases of the XVII-XVIII centuries to find out, materials from vegetable resources are how durable. Research on a subject appeared in the Journal of Cultural Heritage edition. Today it is fashionable to pass to vegetable renewable resources for productions all on light, but there are fears that natural materials not such durable, as artificial. To understand a question, scientists decided to study canvases of four Italian pictures which were stored in gallery Ascoli Piceno. Scientists received on...