There's an article on this very subject in the current (Summer 2004) issue of Museum Practice, published by the (UK) Museums Association. The article is also available online to Museum Practice subscribers.

Best wishes

Pete
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Peter M Gray
Museums Officer
East Lothian Council
 
> After years as a lurking subscriber to Museum-L, I would be 
> interested to hear
> any advice from professionals who have experience in the 
> archival storage of
> wallpaper.
> I work in the curatorial department of a London Museum that 
> has a small
> collection of wallpaper. The examples span from the 17thC and 
> 18thC through to
> a large number of contemporary examples.
> 
> I am wondering how best to store the paper. The earleir 
> examples are fragments
> which are mounted on acid free mount board with acid free 
> tissue cover. The
> later examples are on the roll.
> 
> With the rolls of paper,I am wondering whether to retain the 
> entire roll, or
> have lengths cut and mounted in a 'book' format for 
> researchers to use?
> 
> Any thoughts, advice ot experiences would all be greatfully received!
> 
> Annabelle
> 


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