Hi,
I agree.  It seems unnecessary to do anything to the quilt and would
comprimise it's integrity.  Its more modern quilting and plyester batting
is part of its history.  We recently displayed a quilt that was started in
the 19th century and finished just last year.  It was one of everyone's
favorite quilts in our show.

Beau Harris



> I think that would weaken the structure and make it more difficult to
> display safely. If the quilting is not hideous I would make note of The
> 20th century changes in the label.
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>> and in the early 90’s a family member and some friends quilted it.  They
>> used contemporary polyester batting, thread and a pattern.   We would
>> like
>> to display the quilt and want to know if we could remove the batting and
>> backing for display.  I understand this is referred to as “skinning a
>> quilt”.  Has anyone done anything like this?****
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