Royal Swan Mills nylon seam binding, ca. 1947
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1947
name: label: maker
content: Royal Swan Mills
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Royal Swan Mills nylon seam binding in white. A 1/2" wide fabric in a rib weave combining heavy weft yarns with fine warp yarns; counting 184 x 64. 100% nylon. Crease resistant. Used as a finishing tape in clothing construction. An 8 1/2" length of this tape exists in the study card collection, probably removed from the original length when it came into the collection.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Allentown
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: 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.T09908
label: accession number
content: 176161
label: catalog number
content: T9908
objectType: label: Object Name
content: seam binding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; narrow fabric (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 1.27 cm