William Skinner and Sons midnight blue nylon twill "Combat Cloth"; 1946
date: label: date made
content: 1946
notes: label: Description
content: William Skinner and Sons Nylon twill "Combat Cloth" fabric length 1946.
label: Description
content: Fine, smooth, slightly stiff, close fabric. Used for soles of electrically headed shoes, casualty blankets, coating purposes for government development, football pants, and basketball uniforms. See T09 669.000 (Football pants) for application of fabric in different color. Commercially known as Combat Cloth. 2 fabric lengths included; one is 144 inches in length and the other is 36 inches. The longer one has a handstitched hem at the top similar to a curtain and was likely used as a display in a store. It has visible deterioration of color due to sun exposure. The wrong side of the fabric has dirt stains, also likely from being on display. The color is Midnight Blue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Holyoke
label: Associated Place
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.T09674A-B
label: accession number
content: 172805
label: catalog number
content: T09674A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: Nylon Twill: "Combat Cloth"
label: Object Name
content: Fabric length
label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Midnight Blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 144 in x 38 in; 365.76 cm x 96.52 cm