Wool Yarn Process Sample; Washed wool; Pacific Mills; 1884
notes: label: Description
content: Bundle of washed wool fibers, 1/4 blood Common wool. Ohio and Pennsylvania. Part of a large gift in 1884 by Pacific Mills, illustrating the manufacture of worsted and cotton goods.
label: Description
content: Several of the other process samples in this acquisition became infested with carpet beetles and were destroyed in 1998.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E186609.000
label: catalog number
content: E186609
label: accession number
content: 15229
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 12 in x 12 1/2 in; 7.3025 cm x 30.48 cm x 31.75 cm