Also beware of folds and creases - acid free tissue can be crunched up into
tube or sausage shapes and inserted into sleeves etc.
Diana in Northants
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From: "Susan Reishus" <elationrelat...@yahoo.com>
To: <l...@dont.panix.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:27 PM
Subject: [lace] Storage Containers for Textiles
I have seen 2-3 television shows in the USA featuring how the textile
pieces
are stored at the Smithsonian, etc.. One was an extensive interview Martha
Stewart did with one textile archivist (if that is the correct term). All
programs experts stated they keep them in Rubbermaid containers, as they
were
of the plastic that did not affect ancient textiles in any way. They used
acid-free tissue for "soft folds", and of course the item must be
completely
dry.
Rubbermaid is "polycarbonate plastic" and in the US, I am certain that
Sterilite is of the same fabrication, and priced lower. No matter the
brand,
that is the composition that is considered archival quality and will not
damage textiles over time. I have walls of shelved textiles in
polycarbonate,
some for 30 years, and never a problem. (They went into cleaning and so
forth
too, putting the item over a base foundation in the "wash", such as
cheesecloth or muslin to lift it with, and use Ivory soap. That is the
simple
gist of it, but rinsing, rinsing, rinsing is critical, and distilled H2O
of
course).
HTH,Susan Reishus
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:11:13 -0400
From: "Earl & Ruth Johnson" <ejohn...@magma.ca>
Subject: [lace] Long-term storage of cotton christening gown set
My sister-in-law entrusted to my care a four-piece cotton christening
(baptismal) gown set that had been in her family for several generations.
It
was quite yellowed, but after long soaks in Orvus soap and final rinses in
distilled water, it is looking much, much better. A few brown spots
remain,
but I do not believe it advisable to treat the fabric further. Before
returning it, I will wrap the pieces in acid-free tissue paper and place
them
in a storage container of some kind.
What advice can you, my fellow Arachnians, give me about a container,
especially regarding the material from which it is made?
Thanks for your help,
Ruth Johnson
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (where spring has sprung)
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