If you ever have to leave some lace for someone else to mount, be very specific on what you will and will not allow. Alice, Susan has suggested that displays be premounted and you have mentioned that you never had had anyone mount a display for you before. I myself am in possession of a large piece of blue felt, pins, and a cluster of "Do not touch the lace" signs. In fact, I can't recall anyone ever suggesting that I not contrive my own display, with a minimum of provided equipment. I even bring along my mother's old card table, just in case. The fact that you had to turn over your things for mounting (to an imbecile, it would seem), when you, yourself, are an excellent display maker has me wondering in what context this thing occurred. Was there some reason, such as not knowing the size of the area that you would be allotted or the requirements for a uniformity of appearance at the demo that resulted in your having to turn over your lace for mounting? I would be grateful if you could explain how this happened so that we could all be on the alert to not let it happen to us. For one thing, I can't really understand how anyone who knows so little about lace could mount a lace display in a logical fashion that would be informative to those seeing it. What steps could have been taken to prevent someone else from having that kind of access to your lace that would allow them to destroy it? The whole thing makes my blood run cold. After all, it is not as though you were turning it over to a trained conservator. It is hard for me to imagine what artifacts, short of disposable brochures could withstand the Zot treatment without harm. Devon
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