. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. CARE OF COLLECTIONS 65. Coverlef vy^eaving is demonstrated in special exhibition hall to Wash- ington, , youth group. placed by fiberglass screening, which, it was found, is more pliable, does not ravel, and is easier to handle than the saran. For one piece of Valenciennes edging so badly deteriorated that the screening did not offer sufScient support, the lace was stitched between layers of crepeline and then between layers of screening. The cleaning pro- cedure could then be followed as usual. The lace having
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. CARE OF COLLECTIONS 65. Coverlef vy^eaving is demonstrated in special exhibition hall to Wash- ington, , youth group. placed by fiberglass screening, which, it was found, is more pliable, does not ravel, and is easier to handle than the saran. For one piece of Valenciennes edging so badly deteriorated that the screening did not offer sufScient support, the lace was stitched between layers of crepeline and then between layers of screening. The cleaning pro- cedure could then be followed as usual. The lace having been cleaned, the screening was removed and the crepeline left for ease in future handling. Civil History Museum technician Richard Muzzrole cleaned, renumbered, and recataloged the museum's large collection of whaling irons, correlating specimens with data published in the descriptive catalog of the col- lections sent from the United States to the International Fisheries Exhibition in London in 1885. This well-documented collection has thus been revived to its original usefulness after being moribund for 80 years. Museum technician Jay Scott Odell carried on a continuing conservation program for musical instrument collection in the new musical instruments laboratory, where installation of equipment has. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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