William Skinner and Sons pimento red nylon twill "Combat Cloth"; 1946.
date: label: date made
content: 1946
notes: label: Description
content: William Skinner and Sons Nylon Twill: "Combat Cloth" pimento red fabric length; 1946.
label: Description
content: A 39-inch, fine, smooth, slightly stiff, close fabric in 3/1 twill weave to the right, counting 264 x 76; yarn sizes - warp 70/34/7, weft 210/34/1. 100% nylon. Pimento red color. Used for soles of electrically heated shoes, casualty blankets, coating purposes for government development, football pants, and basketball uniforms. Woven by William Skinner and Sons at their Holyoke, MA mills in 1946. 37" selvedge width.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Holyoke
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William Skinner and Sons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T09670.000
label: accession number
content: 172805
label: catalog number
content: T09670.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: Fabric length"
label: Object Name
content: Fabric length
label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
label: Object Name
content: Nylon Twill: "Combat Cloth"
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Pimento red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 in x 39 in; 93.98 cm x 99.06 cm