Botany Worsted Mills, "Drapvella" worsted dress fabric, 1924
date: label: date made
content: 1924
name: label: maker
content: Botany Worsted Mills
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Botany Worsted Mills, "Drapvella" broadcloth, worsted dress fabric, 1924. Dark blue, twill weave with a slightly napped face that has been pressed flat, giving a low sheen to the surface. Lightweight, soft hand. All wool fabric similar in construction and appearance to broadcloth, but heavier in weight and having a more lustrous appearance. Color #496 - Twilight (dark blue). 54" wide. One of 10 specimens of worsted dress goods donated in October 1924 by Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, New Jersey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Passaic
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Botany Worsted Mills
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05038.000
label: catalog number
content: T05038.000
label: accession number
content: 84869
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave, brushed, pressed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 54 in; 91.44 cm x 137.16 cm