Hello All;
 I am hoping that someone with a background in textiles might be able to
tell me how to best preserve two pieces of silk that were painted in Japan
during the War.  They were given to me by my grandfather, one has been
rolled up on a scroll for many years but one was folded and thus creased.
In addition to just wanting to generally preserve them, I would like to get
them framed but I fear that stretching, steaming, mounting, etc. would
stress the pieces.

I live in the Atlanta, Georgia area and would like to know if anyone can
recommend a professional conservator/framer or just the questions I should
ask when calling a potential framer?

Thanks to all for your help;
Alicia Quirk


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From: "Margaret Geiss-Mooney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:45 AM
Subject: Re: Costume Hangers


> As a costume/textile conservator, I recommend wrapping the wooden
> hangers (cut down to proper size of course) first with
> heavy-duty/freezer aluminium foil before covering with heat-bonded (not
> resin-bonded, look on the packaging) polyester fibrefill and the outside
> fabric covering (100% cotton knit fabrics work wonderfully). The use of
> the foil means that you don't have another potential volatile organic
> compound (VOC) off gassing in your environment, polluting you, the
> museum environment as well as the artifact. The wrinkles in the foil
> will be padded out by the use of the fibrefill and fabric covering. Any
> fabric covering also needs to be stripped of any residues (i.e. sizing,
> detergent, fabric softener) before being used, especially since it will
> be in intimate contact with the artifact. Unfortunately,
> prepared-for-dyeing (PFD) fabrics still need to be rinsed as there is
> still sizing present from the manufacturing process, just not as much as
> for conventional fabric store/garment industry yardage.
> Margaret (Meg) Geiss-Mooney
> Costume/Textile Conservator in Private Practice
> Professional Associate, AIC
> Petaluma, California
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