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:
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> 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.
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> A direction to any literature on the subject would be useful as well.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Don Sucha
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