Dear Carrie: I have hung numerous costume pieces from ceilings with good results including diaphanous sari from India. Usually the mount, whether it is a cardboard tube or wooden rod, has (in either case) been painted to prevent offgasing and covered with volara or fabric and is hung with copper wire. Wire can be obtained in various thicknesses depending upon the weight of your garments and ends up looking quite elegant even if it is of a heavy gage. We have in some cases also inpainted the wire if we were concerned about glare. Sometimes I have only located air flow within a particular gallery, unfortunately, during an installation. However in the case of the sari we hung (with copper wire) a grid made of wood from the light track in the ceiling and laid an extremely thin sheet of plexi over the grid (which was inpainted to match the ceiling). The sari were then hung over covered wooden rods that were hung from the grid with clear fishing line (even inpainting would not work in this case). The plexi prevented air flow from reaching the sari. Hope this is helpful!! Best of luck. Michelle Boardman The Kate Fowler Merle-Smith Curator of Textiles Allentown Art Museum 31 N. 5th Street Allentown, PA 18101 610-432-4333, ext. 24 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).