Hi, I agree. It seems unnecessary to do anything to the quilt and would comprimise it's integrity. Its more modern quilting and plyester batting is part of its history. We recently displayed a quilt that was started in the 19th century and finished just last year. It was one of everyone's favorite quilts in our show. Beau Harris > I think that would weaken the structure and make it more difficult to > display safely. If the quilting is not hideous I would make note of The > 20th century changes in the label. > On Oct 31, 2013 6:07 PM, "Carrie Snow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> We have a quilt in our collection. The top dates from the 19th century >> and in the early 90’s a family member and some friends quilted it. They >> used contemporary polyester batting, thread and a pattern. We would >> like >> to display the quilt and want to know if we could remove the batting and >> backing for display. I understand this is referred to as “skinning a >> quilt”. Has anyone done anything like this?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Carrie**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Carrie E. Snow**** >> >> Manager, Collections Care**** >> >> Church History Museum**** >> >> 801-240-4619 (office)**** >> >> 801-244-2307 (cell)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> >> NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended >> recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. >> Any >> unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If >> you >> are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email >> and destroy all copies of the original message.**** >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: >> http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 >> > > ========================================================= > 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). > ========================================================= 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).