I would think that using tongs to pick old lace would be very risky unless the lace was very light weight. I have always used clean white cotton gloves. I saw a video recently where museum curators were dressing a form. They also wore white gloves. Today I think a white or ivory piece of lace would be displayed flat or on a tilted platform.
About 20 years ago I visited a lace exhibit in Brussels where the lace was hung over a bar or shown on dress forms. The light was very dim with no spot lights. I also could not get close enough to really be able to see the lace. It was very frustrating. Liz R, Raleigh NC > Sharon wrote: > Also: how would the extremely rare items be handled when showing them? > Would they be picked up with cotton-gloved hands, or with rubber-tipped > tweezers? When being inspected would they be placed onto some kind of > special viewing stand or cloth? Would a goose-necked lamp be allowed to > shine light on the lace or would this be considered - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
