Wool Manufacturing Process sample; Arlington Woolen Mills; 1884
notes: label: Description
content: From Package No. 4. Sundry Samples of Tops. English Lustre Top. (Source: accession file). Wool 'tops' was the carded and combed wool fiber, ready for spinning into yarn. English lustre was a type of long-staple, medium fine lustrous wool produced by various breeds of British sheep.
label: Description
content: Wool Manufacturing Process sample; Arlington Woolen Mills; 1884. Part of Catalog #s 6243 through 6359: From an 1884 donation by the Arlington Woolen Mills of samples illustrating the manufacture of worsted wool and cotton yarns.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E186275.000
label: catalog number
content: E186275
label: accession number
content: 15125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wool tops, sample
label: Object Name
content: wool, sample of
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 22 3/4 in x 29 in; 5.08 cm x 57.785 cm x 73.66 cm