Have you contacted the Textile Museum in Washington, DC?  I believe they
have a large collection of antique rugs.

I'm glad to see someone considering the storage implications of a
donation BEFORE accepting it!!!  Good luck!
Vivian Lea Stevens

Donald Sucha wrote:
>
> I am interested in the way other institutions store antique rugs and
> carpets. We have been offered a collection of some size and I am trying to
> work out costs of providing proper storage for the collection.
>
> A direction to any literature on the subject would be useful as well.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Don Sucha
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