Textile Review 2021 11-18
This is the pest damage discovered x date that stimulated this round of reviews. Image F146, DSCF6575, 11/1/2021 Image F146, DSCF6576, 11/1/2021 It is sad to see something like this damaged due to lack of monitoring and care. If we are going to keep something we should store and display it properly If we are not going to keep it properly we should not keep it If intended for close study, it should have been pinned to an acid free foam core and then placed in an acid free textile box Hats in the archive room Image F147, DSCF7066, 11/18/2021 These are all stored well and cataloged in PastPerfect, Image F147, DSCF7192, 11/20/2021 But when would we ever use them? Why are we keeping them? Note: See pp records all donated at one time by one donor but no explanation purpose or significance. Accession 2008.001 (includes 27 out of 55 hats listed in pp). There are more hats in other rooms that ha...