RE: [lace] lace framing/conservation question

2004-07-12 Thread Panza, Robin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] They said that the lace needs to be exposed to air to keep it from drying out. What do you recommend? Our weather conditions are so different from Northern Europe, and the piece will be in my non air conditioned home, that I wonder if this

Re: [lace] lace framing/conservation question

2004-07-10 Thread aurelia loveman
on 7/10/04 7:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Devon ‹‹ Don't know if this helps or not: when I was working in museum conservation, they made quite a point of the need for framed textiles to get some circulating air. However, they didn't leave the backs of framed pieces