Ok, you'll love this...
A couple of weeks ago I got saddled with the Special Collections department
for the University Library (I'm pretty sure I was assigned this for my
skills at cutting through academic pretention and getting things back on
track more than anything else - and the fact that the faculty as a whole
seem to not hate me).
The reason I'm mentioning this is that IN this collection there is a small
collection of vintage clothing, among other more obscure realia. And I have
a wide range of empty display cases. I hate empty display cases. So, I
have empty display cases, and I have things to display. Seems like an easy
choice here.
So, I mentioned this to my assistant (who's been in this department for 20
years or so, and she got a little unhappy (ok, the reality is she totally
freaked out and spazzed all over the floor, but I've gotten her calmed down
now, and she's just sadly resigned to me having my way with her stuff). Her
major stated complaints were a) the stuff's all dirty and needs to be
cleaned and steamed before it could be displayed (because it will mess up
her nice, clean display cases), and there's nothing to display the clothes
*on* since these are generally flat cases.
Now, my questions are, am I correct in my understanding that vintage clothes
should be displayed flat, and not to clean them (We've got the whole - no
UV thing covered already)?
And is there anything I'm not thinking about?
Marc
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