I'm not a textile curator but one technique might be to bag or box it and
then label the bag or box.  You could do the same with acid free paper, just
wrap it up and mark the paper.  Or tie cloth labeling tape gently around it
and write on that.  The risk with those methods of course is that it could
get separated from its container somewhere along the way.  You could also
try tacking on a label with tiny stitches and a fine needle.  

 

I'd probably first consider whether a scarf in that condition really belongs
in the collection.  Unless it's very rare you might want to decline it due
to its condition.  

 

Kristine Zickuhr

Registrar

Wisconsin Veterans Museum

 

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Christy Jones
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:10 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] labeling a delicae scarf?

 

 
Any of the textile curators out there willing to give me some advice on the
best way to label a delicate, 60+ yr old scarf? I think its polyester or
nylon, quite thin, was part of a WAVE uniform from WWII. Its been folded for
many years, and is beginning to come apart in the fold lines. The rest of
the uniform was easily labeled with cloth tags, but I am loath to sew a tag
to this. 
 
Nevertheless, it does need a label. Any suggestions?
 
Thanks in advance from an archivist doing her best with the great number of
textiles for which she is responsible,
 
Christy A. Jones
 
Archivist
MS Armed Forces Museum
Camp Shelby, MS
 

"We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm." --Winston
Churchill

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