I would suspect for the same reason people put "bluing" into their wash water for whites - the colour blue was held to make whites look whiter. You would think they'd use white tissue, of course, but maybe they figured that if some kind of colour transference happened they'd want it to be blue.
Adele West Vancouver BC (west coast of Canada) On 2014-02-04, at 7:43 AM, laceandbits wrote: > The Guild has been asked why, going back to before anyone was aware of > acid-free issues, was lace traditionally stored in blue tissue paper? This > is in the UK, was it a common practice worldwide? > > Our curator (who probably knows the answer) is on holiday, so I thought I > would ask Arachne. > > Many thanks in advance, > Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
