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Well, that is a tough one. I would continue to argue for shorter term display and to see if you could incorporate any type of slant into the design mount (even a slight slant seems preferable to vertical).
Aside from strongly pushing for a slanted display, napped fabrics, like cotton velveteen, have come in handy as aids in supporting hanging pieces: the textile is partially supported by friction between the napped support fabric and itself. In addition to the use of friction, we often consider the use of rare earth magnets to help support textiles for temporary displays instead of stitching. The magnets can be painted or covered with tinted Japanese tissue to help with camouflage.
With a piece that heavy, I would really try to push for flat though! Good-luck-
Denise Migdail
Textile Conservator Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102
-----Original Message-----
From: K Hatziantoniou
Sent: Jun 18, 2008 12:38 AM
To: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Exhibiting vertically a very heavy embroidered textile in a museum gallery
Dear All
I need to prepare a very heavy textile for a long term, museum environment, vertical hanging.
Its weight (aprox. 45kg) and its dimensions (approx 200cm x 290cm) makes it very challenging for me. It is a metal thread embroidery on silk that is weak to support the whole weight of the textile for the purpose I just described.
Apart from preparing a Hexalite board or a wooden stretcher covered with aluminium panels (made to measure for us from carpenters locally) stitching around all embroidered areas on a very well tensioned support textile over a wadding or polyfelt support underneath, is there any other 'system' or method anyone has experience with for such a large and heavy textile?
Many thanks for your time and help.
Konstantinos Chatziantoniou
Textile & Paper Conservator
Museum of Islamic Art
Al Corniche
Doha
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email: khatziantoniou@xxxxxxxxxx
Tel: +974 6980254
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