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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 869275, member: 5833&quot;]This has come up a little in the cameo thread&nbsp; Unless you have something that does the job of a display cabinet, displaying &amp; keeping safe/clean are somewhat conflicting goals.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the other thread I outlined an idea I have, just not handy enough to do it myself, of making light wood frames &amp; stretching nylon over them like a canvas is put on a stretcher, then pinning brooches to that.&nbsp; I do have a display cabinet, so have less concern about safety &amp; grime, although amazing what still gets in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing would be to have a purpose built chest with shallow drawers, similar to a music cabinet or, ideally, the ones some people had in the 19th century for their collection of plaster casts of engraved gems they would never see directly.&nbsp; You couldn&#039;t enjoy any time you walked by, but sliding out a drawer is not so burdensome.</p><p><br /></p><p>How big is your collection, order of magnitude?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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