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From: <>
Subject: Re: Displaying Cloth
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 09:26:47 EST

Along with the spacer I would also suggest that you be very careful about
where you are going to hang your piece. Light is a real enemy of textiles and
photographs and can damage them beyond repair. Colors fade very quickly in
fabric and you don't even notice until it's too late. Just make sure that
your wall doesn't get direct sunlight and also make sure that you use acid-
neutral (people say acid-free) materials for anything that will touch the
pillow cover. Check with you local art museum textile curator for help.

Sandy in Phoenix and very new to this list. Keep up the good work - I've got
lots of tips already.

In a message dated 98-12-06 20:41:31 EST, you write:

<< Hi, You need to ask a framing company to ADD a "air spacer" bar between
the glass and the
material. The bar is clear plastic and unseen and wraps around under the
frame. This give your
material "air" to breath. I used this method to frame a wool picture I made.
Diane

wrote:

> I recently obtained a pillow cover which was sent to my g-grandmother
> by her son from France in WW1. Will it cause the material to deteriorate
> faster if I put the case in a glass picture frame? I would like to hang it
on
> the wall next to her rocking chair.
>
> Georgia
> >>

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