Question for my readers

[baronessekat]

Is anyone aware of a safe way to hang an antique quilt on a wall to display it WITHOUT causing damage?

I have inherited several antique quilts (close to 200 years old) that I would like to display on a rod or the like behind headboards in the bedrooms. But I can't think of a way to do so without causing damage.

I went to JoAnn's yesterday and I was told that the way to hang a quilt was to sew a rod pocket onto it for the curtain rod to slide through. I pointed out that wouldn't this cause damage to the fragile fabric and got "oh."

So I bring the question to my friends here.

Anyone got a clue?

Comments

[keastree.livejournal.com]

Define 'damage', because hanging them up will cause fatiue over time, anyway.

I recommend that you contact some colonial village someplace and get a recommendation from a specialist. I think that a lot of the ones I've seen are reproductions.

[baronessekat.livejournal.com]

mainly I don't want to be putting holes into them. One of the "helpful" ladies at JoAnn's suggested curtain hooks or clips with rings on them that snap through the fabirc so you can then run the rings on the rod.

These quilts are just too pretty not to have out and displayed but I don't want to add wear and tear to them by putting them on beds for use.