William Skinner and Sons purple nylon twill "Combat Cloth"; 1946.
date: label: date made
content: 1946
notes: label: Description
content: William Skinner and Sons Nylon Twill: "Combat Cloth" pansy fabric length; 1946.
label: Description
content: 36" fabric length of fine, smooth stout, slightly stiff, close fabric in 3/1 twill weave to the right, counting 364 x 76; yarn sizes - warp 70/34/7 and weft 210/68/1. 100% nylon. Pansy color (purple). Used for soles of electrically heated shoes, casualty blankets, coating purposes for government development, football pants, and basketball uniforms. Commercially known as Combat Cloth.
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.T09673.000
label: accession number
content: 172805
label: catalog number
content: T09673.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: Fabric length
label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
label: Object Name
content: Nylon twill: "Combat Cloth"
label: Object Name
content: William Skinner and Sons purple fabric length
label: Object Name
content: 1946.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Pansy (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 36 in; 99.06 cm x 91.44 cm