What is linen mounting?
Nearly all of my posters have been linen mounted. Either I have purchased them that way from a dealer or other collector, or I have sent them off to a poster mounter to have them done, after. Keep in mind that the term “linen mounting” is a bit of a misnomer, in that the poster is not mounted directly onto the linen or cloth backing – but is adhered with archival paste, to acid neutral rice paper. The paper, in turn, is affixed to a larger piece of cloth. Make sure that the person who is performing the mounting assures that it is reversible. If you are not going to display the poster, I hope that you will at least store it flat. Keeping a linen mounted poster rolled in a tube may eventually cause some removal of the poster from its backing as changes in moisture or temperature could cause the poster to expand and contract. If you do have to roll it, I suggest taking it out once in a while. Better yet, if it is a large poster that you cannot display or store flat, leave it unmounted.
