Roving, Wool Yarn Process Sample; Harris Woolen Co.; 1884
date: label: date made
content: 1884
notes: label: Description
content: Carded wool roving; Wool yarn process sample. The Harris Woolen Company operated in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, listing the firm as manufacturing "Fancy Cassimeres". The firm donated samples of their products, including fabrics of worsted wool, wool and silk, and wool (not worsted). An unknown number of these samples were destroyed in 1913, possibly due to pest infestation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Woonsocket
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Harris Woolen Company, 1884
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E186697.000
label: catalog number
content: E186697
label: accession number
content: 15414
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wool sample
label: Object Name
content: fiber sample
label: Object Type
content: fiber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: carded (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: finishing roving (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 22 1/2 in x 28 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 57.15 cm x 71.755 cm