Any creative ideas for displaying heirloom linens?

I'm hoping to get some creative ideas and some practical know-hows about displaying some linens with needlework on them. I have a few from my great grandmother that would have been done around the early 1900s and one done by my DH's great grandmother (not sure when this would have been done). I've read some info about keeping them out of direct light, not using colored paper, making sure to use acid free materials... any other tips. I would also like to display them creatively rather than the run of the mill shadow box. I had originally thought I would just hang them on a rustic ladder but then the info I read seems to say I shouldn't leave them out in the open. I sure would appreciate your ideas.