Our archives possesses a number of paintings that need proper storage. Unfortunately, we do not have space for the screens (as I believe they're called) on which paintings are hung. We do have room for some kind of slotted, upright shelving system--less than ideal no doubt but much better than our present storage. I know this would result in the weight of the artwork resting on the frame, but perhaps there is a way to provide a soft cushion which would minimize that impact? Now that I think of it, I suppose that the slots could have boards from which the paintings hang, which would do away with that problem.

I was surprised that my searches for museum storage equipment yielded very few useful results. Could anyone on the list point me in the right direction, or suggest vendors who might have on-line sites with images of some kind of upright storage system?

Thanks for any help,

Peter F. Schmid, CA
Asst. Archivist, Visual Resources
Providence Archives
4800 37th Avenue SW
Seattle, Washington 98126
Archives office: (206) 937-4600
Desk: (206) 923-4012
Fax: (206) 923-4001

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