What is the Textiles Rehousing Project?
This project was started during the examination, assessment, and cleaning of textiles following the webbing clothes moth incident that occurred in 2016. The textiles were not previously stored ideally, and so efforts were made to include that in the Moth Mitigation Project activities.
What are the steps for rehousing a textile?
Rehousing a textile can be difficult and often requires more than one person. After it has been cleaned, an archival-grade, acid-free blue board tube is cut to the size of the textile. Acid-free tissue paper is placed on the outside and inside of the textile and all rolled carefully together so that there is interleaving tissue paper between the layers of textile. The entire rolled textile is placed into a polyethylene tube and tied off at both ends to protect against pests in storage.