Two skeins of douppion or doupioni silk; 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Two sample skeins of doupioni (reeled from doubled cocoons) silk. Part of a large group of fiber samples transferred from the US Dept. of Agriculture to the US National Museum in 1885. Part of the Economic Botany and Fibers collection, supporting research and commerce in the US textiles industry.
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.E187065.000
label: accession number
content: 15703
label: catalog number
content: E187065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk, reeled
label: Object Name
content: doupioni silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: douppion (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: reeled (?? production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 41.91 cm x 18.415 cm