Museum-l'ers, I am pretty sure that this has been asked on this list in the past. However, repetition unto success.... Our institution has a number of quilts that we would like to display on a temporary basis. At some point in the past, the museum attached muslin sleeves to the back so that the quilts could be hung. My problem is that the very quilts that our Exhibits Curator would be most interested in are also the most delicate (silk fabric, brittleness, odd bits like photos sewn in). I am hesitant to hang them by these sleeves. My thought is that gravity itself will do damage to the brittle, delicate fabrics. We are looking for an alternative method of displaying these items that won't break the budget. Our thought has been to build sealed plywood supports that would not only be equal to the surface area of the quilt, but that would also come out from the wall at a 22 degree angle (so the quilts are hanging straight down). This support would then be covered with ethafoam. Does this sound like a workable plan?? Are there any other suggestions?? What have other people done?? Patricia McElyea Unless the heart sees Curator of Collections The mind will never see. Arkansas State University Museum --Maori proverb [log in to unmask]