Dear Christina, 
A very fragile textile can only be displayed horizontally, in my
opinion. 
Lizou Fenyvesi
Senior Textile Conservator, USHMM

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From: Textile Conservators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Margariti, Ms C
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 6:43 AM
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Subject: archaeological textiles display

Dear Colleagues,

from your experience, is it better to display a very brittle and
fragile archaeological textile vertically in a pressure mount or
horizontally in a display case? - when space availability is not an
issue.

Christina Margariti
Textile Conservator
Directorate of Conservation of Ancient and Modern Monuments
Greek Ministry of Culture
81 Peiraios Avenue
105 53 Athens
GREECE