Quilt Guards
I've always thought of the "white glove ladies" at quilt shows as protectors of the quilts.
I know that they are necessary - I would like to do some bare-handed touching of the displayed quilts - and I would suspect others would like to do so, too.
I wonder how grubby a quilt would get if it were touched by a thousand bare hands - even if every one of them had been freshly washed?