Try a Google search for textile museums - they should be able to advise you. Or you can contact the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington DC. Some years ago they sent me a whole packet of information on preserving and restoring antique linens.

Donna

As far as which daughter gets it...if it is stored, no need in rotating it among them. First born gets a lot, baby gets her share, middle child gets skipped over. I am thinking "Thank God for one". Make your decision now. My mother did not. I am an only biological daughter. I have a half sister. I have 3 brothers. They, or their wives, got first grabs on mother's handmade linens. I had taken off work for 2 weeks before her death & was there most of the time. I just wanted to go home & rest...grieve on my own or what ever. One brother showed up with a trailer of what they THOUGHT I'd like. The quilts they brought were what was used everyday on their beds as children. Retopped & bottomed & worn out again. I had helped mother quilt all my life & did not get one thing worth displaying. Their words when they came by when we were quilting still haunt me. "Yuck! Ya'll quilting again".

I am sure Mother thought I would get things I helped make. I bought her the magazines for ideas. I bought supplies for her projects & wound up with nothing. We have a few quilts here that we made specifically for bedspreads for my room or my daughter's. They are all cheater fabrics. I don't have anything exotic that she pieced.

Don't assume one or the other will get it. You make that decision & tell everyone & put it in writing.