Dusting with a clean cloth if fine, except that it rearranges the dust. =20 Use a dust bunny statically charged cloth that actually "picks" up the=20 dust and holds onto it rather than redepositing the dust somewhere else=20 on the furniture. A better solution is to gently vacuum the dust away=20 with a low powered vacuum cleaner and a soft bristled brush to brush the=20 dust towards the vacuum hose. Be expecially careful that the brush and=20 hose do not scratch the furniture. Heidi Anderson [log in to unmask] On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Ivy Strickler wrote: > >While on this subject, would a collections care seminar directed at > >furniture be something people would attend........?????? > > > >Craig Deller > > > I attended one of these not too long ago and was somewhat disappointed. T= he > bottom line (repeated a lot) was to dust with a plain cloth and refer > anything else to a conservator. Maybe this is the right answer, but in ou= r > museum all a plain cloth does is rearrange the dust. >=20 >=20 > Ivy Fleck Strickler Phone 215-895-1637 > Drexel University Fax 215-895-4917 > Nesbitt College of Design Arts [log in to unmask] > Philadelphia, PA 19104 >=20 > "Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to se= e > it for free=8A" >=20