Katieartieo
Grumbler
A customer called to see if I could help with the conseration/restoration of a vintage theater curtain. The thing is huge, maybe 18 feet high and 26 feet wide. It appears to have been handpainted on panels of cotton, perhaps in the 1920's. The curtain is being replaced with a new one, but the community wants to save this old landmark drapery. Can anyone suggest a textile conservator in western Pennsylvania or thereabouts. Until they get more direction they want to know how to store it. Should it be rolled up (not folded) within a cotton sheathing?
Should they rehang it? Hang it behind sheeting?
Should they rehang it? Hang it behind sheeting?