At the Australian War Memorial we have an extensive collection of large flat textiles including many flags. The racking we use to store the rolled textiles,
is a relatively simple and inexpensive system, that can be constructed by a local metal fabricator to any size.
The structure is basically a metal frame with lengths of chain hung from each end. The textiles are rolled on to cardboard tubes, wooden dowels are inserted
through the tubes and hung from each end to the chains on the rack. If you want the system to be wood free you could easily substitute the dowel for metal pipe.
As a picture is much easier to understand I have taken some photographs of our racks and written some notes on them.
This is also an easy system to use as the racks are light and movable. It is also easy to access the individual textiles as you simply unhook the front of
the dowel and slide the roll off.
I hope this information is useful. If you have further questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Jessie Firth
Textile Conservator
Australian War Memorial
Ph: (02) 6243 4421
jessie.firth@xxxxxxxxxx
www.awm.gov.au
From: Textile Conservators [mailto:TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of diana zlatanovski
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 5:03 AM
To: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Suppliers for mechanism to store rolled textiles
I would love to hear about this also!
-Diana
On Jan 19, 2009, at 1:57 AM, K Hatziantoniou wrote:
Dear all
I am in the process of surveying and storing the textile collection and in a few months time I will need to have a system to store our flat textiles which are rolled. I have seen several made out of wood but I would really prefer to use more chemically innert
materials.
If anyone can introduce specific suppliers, has experience or can consult me on the matter (i.e. what to be aware of) it would be very useful to me.
Thank you for your time
Konstantinos Chatziantoniou
Textile Conservator
Museum of Islamic Art
Al Corniche
Doha
P.O.Box 2777
Qatar
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