Be aware, there is a significant difference between the way you as a 
museum would care for harness,  and the way a user would care for the 
same harness.  You are (most likely) no longer using the harness as 
intended, and are planning on keeping it for many many years as a 
display or educational artifact.  A user is planning on placing it over 
a horse and using it to transmit force.  In the process of doing so it 
will be exposed to moisture, salt, and wear.  The user will care it by 
frequent cleaning, and treatment with a variety of concoctions, meant to 
extend its usable life.  When it fails a user will patch it as needed.  
When it becomes too fragile for use a user will throw it away or just 
hang it in a barn where some years later it will be donated to a museum....

Look to a conservator rather than a user for advice....

Randy Hees
Patterson House at Ardenwood Historic Farm

(Who uses harness...  )

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