Warm-up Jacket; William Skinner and Sons Sunbak fabric; 1951.
date: label: date made
content: 1951
name: label: maker
content: William Skinner and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Warm-up Jacket; William Skinner and Sons Sunbak fabric; 1951. Gold and Blue Warm-up Jacket made of trademark Skinner Sunbak viscose rayon satin face with self reverse wool back short pile. Fabric made in Holyoke, MA in 1951.
label: Description
content: Varsity-like gold athletic jacket with darker gold wool interior lining. Dark gold stretch wool knit band with dark blue stripes at waist, collar, and wrists. Metal zipper center front made by Talon. Dark stains right center front and on right zipper placket and throughout bottom back. Some holes and pilling on wool stretch fabric. Dotted marks on right sleeve near hem. Fiber content by wieght: 65% rayon and 35% wool. 100% vrigin wool nap and Genuine Skinner lining. Machine stitched and interior seams serged. Flat-felled seams at side seams, shoulder, armscye. Welt pockets on center front left and right. See TE.T09675.000 for fabric length of the Sunbak.
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: Korean War
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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.T10985.000
label: catalog number
content: T10985.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jacket, Warm-up
label: Object Name
content: Warm-up Jacket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: satin weave; pile weave; double-faced (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: Sunbak (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rayon viscose (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 45 in; 58.42 cm x 114.3 cm