"Armistice Silk," undyed; World War I
date: label: date made
content: 1917-1919
notes: label: Description
content: Sample length of natural colored silk, "boiled off", meaning the sericin has been removed, and the cloth finished for sale to the garment trade. Plain weave, undyed, unbleached, flecked with brown slubs. Known as "Armistice Silk", Quality C, converted surplus World War I Cartridge Cloth; A piece of the 18,000,000 yards of surplus cartridge cloth remaining after World War I. Sold by the Salvage Board at $1.17 per yard.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: Associated Place
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the US War Dept., Ordnance Dept. Salvage board
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04159
label: accession number
content: 65107
label: catalog number
content: T04159.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; unbleached; undyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm