At 09:17 27/01/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I am interested in any suggestions for caring for and storing needlework
>done on linen.  I am particulary interested in removing creases in the
>material.
>Thank you.
>

You can contact the 
        National Flax Museum
        E. Sabbelaan 4
        B-8500  Kortrijk
        Flanders-Belgium
        tel. (+32)56.210138
        fax  (+32)56.200483
        (no e-mail available)
The curator is Mr. Bert Dewilde
They will be opening their new department on linen products (batiste,
needlework, lace, etc..) in May.

Greetings,


Adriaan Linters
chairman 'Vlaamse Vereniging voor Industriële Archeologie'
          (Flemish Association for Industrial Archaeology)
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Flanders - Belgium
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