A red softly hanging cord is used here in Europe as a good solution . 
But a labelled plastic foil fixed with a visible fixing pin (!) would do 
the same :-)

Christian

Am 14.12.2011 15:14, schrieb Whitney Robertson:
> Apologies for cross-posting.
> Do any of you have a good solution (that is archival, unobtrusive, and obvious) for keeping people from sitting on chairs that are part of your collection (within a historic house setting)?
>
> Many thanks!
> Whitney Robertson
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