The glass must NOT touch the lace. If glass is put on the frame, there must be enough spacers between the backing and the glass to hold the glass away from the lace. Use double or triple matting, or put spacing strips on the edges of the backing where the frame overlaps the backing.
Be sure the backing fabric is color safe and will not bleed color on to the lace over time.
I prefer no glass on my frames, but I'm not trying to preserve them for posterity. I just please myself.
If you are framing the lace, you can leave all your ends long, and thread them to the back of the backing with a needle instead of cutting them short and having stubby ends showing.
Happy lacing,
Alice in Oregon -- where life is getting back to normal, and the news is finally carrying stories about the rest of the country where other regions are experiencing the bitter winter weather like we had.
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