Australian wool Sliver; Washed; Arlington Woolen Mills; 1884
notes: label: Description
content: Process sample. Sliver of fine grade Australian wool; washed. From Package No. 3. "Fine Australian - Grade X. Sliver after Back Washing." (Source: accession file)
label: Description
content: Part of Catalog #s 6243 through 6359: From an 1884 donation by the Arlington Woolen Mills of samples illustrating the manufacture of worsted wool and cotton yarns.
label: Description
content: (The word 'sliver", with a long i, describes fibers in parallel alignment, in a roll or sometimes a thick strip, that is processed by various machines to draw it out more finely, until it reaches a certain diameter and is given a slight twist, when it is called a roving, which is then drawn out and twisted into yarn, also in progressively finer steps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E186265.000
label: accession number
content: 15125
label: catalog number
content: E186265
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sliver, wool
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: fiber sample 1: 8 1/4 in x 12 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 20.955 cm x 32.385 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: fiber sample 2: 7 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 27.305 cm x 8.89 cm