Sample of Alpaca fiber, 1951
date: label: date made
content: 1951
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of Alpaca fiber, 1951. Alpaca, like the fibers from other camelids (camel, vicuna, and llama) is a hair, not a wool. Alpaca fiber is fine and soft, and often blended with other fibers for strength. Part of a gift of 14 fabric samples and 11 fiber samples by Goodall-Sanford Inc., (mills at Sanford, Maine), to illustrate "Fiber Blending for Better Performance", in September 1951.
label: Description
content: The Goodall Worsted Company (maker of the mohair and cotton blend fabric "Palm Beach Cloth"), and the Sanford Mills (maker of mohair and wool velvets, plushes, and imitation fur fabrics) merged in 1944 to form Goodall-Sanford Inc. Palm Beach cloth was a menswear summer staple, and was one of the first fabrics considered "easy-care", although both its components were natural fibers. This donation illustrates some of the company's other efforts at blending fibers, in this case natural and synthetic blends. Goodall-Sanford's sales headquarters were at 545 Madison Avenue, NY 22, NY.
label: Description
content: Mounted by donor for display, in a clear plastic domed container (now yellowing) with a black marker or paint lettering label.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Goodall-Sanford, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.191448.002
label: catalog number
content: 191448.002
label: accession number
content: 191448
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: alpaca (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 12.065 cm