Mounting
Mounting a textile or costume for safe display is an important step of the longevity of your textile treasures.
We can do a variety of mount styles including hand carved mannequins, padded boards, and passive mounts.
Creating Custom Mounts and Mannequins
c. 1900 skirt suspender on padded board
Large American Civil War Flag on a padded aluminum honeycomb board
Invisible Mount for a c. 1900 corset
c. 1820 gown on a hand-carved ethafoam mannequin
Margaret O’Neil creating a padded board for a Medieval Tapestry
A 1930s Couture gown on a retrofitted mannequin
Two 1940s suits on exhibition on customized stock mannequins
WWI Era Ambulance Uniform on an altered ethafoam form