Re: textile storage

[Questdsa@xxxxxxx]

Re: Storage of large textiles

Often rolling on a large diameter tube is the best alternative. I would not 
recommend using tyvek as an interleaving layer because it would build up a 
lot of static as it is rolled and unrolled. It also has a slicker surface 
than cotton and the layers of the textile would not hold together well.

I would suggest that tyvek is an excellent material to wrap around the 
textile after it has been rolled.  I have seen textiles, wrapped in tyvek, 
survive dirty water drips from a burst pipe, unharmed.  We use it as an 
exterior cover for all of our rolled and flat textiles. We often use a layer 
of acid-free tissue as an isolating layer between the textile and tyvek to 
minimize the problem with the static.

Dorothy Stites Alig
Senior Textile Conservator
Indianapolis Museum of Art