Royal Swan Mills nylon grosgrain ribbon, ca. 1947
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1947
name: label: maker
content: Royal Swan Mills
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of Royal Swan Mills nylon grosgrain ribbon, in white. A 3/4" narrow fabric in rib weave combining heavy cotton weft yarns with fine lustrous nylon warp yarns. Counting 184 x 36. 50% nylon, 50% cotton. Used for all ribbon purposes. A5" length of this ribbon was cut for the study card collection when the ribbon came into the collection.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Allentown
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T09907
label: accession number
content: 176161
label: catalog number
content: T9907
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ribbon length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton; nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: warp-faced rib weave (overall production method/technique)