Rayon Taffeta Moire; American Viscose Corporation; 1942
date: label: Date made
content: 1942
notes: label: Description
content: Selvage width sample length of pink rayon taffeta, with a Moire surface finish; American Viscose Corporation; 1942. A medium weight, stiff plain weave fabric woven of fiscose filament rayon yarn (single warps, 3 ply wefts) and finished in watered or moire effect. For women's evening wear.
label: Description
content: Rayon fabrics played a large part in both military and civilian products during World War II, as shortages of other fibers made it essential to replace cotton, silk, and wool with rayon (regenerated cellulose) whenever possible.
label: Description
content: One of 17 fabric samples donated to the museum in 1942, along with a display illustrating the manufacture of rayon goods from wood to finished product. The display is held by the Division of Work & Industry, catalog # AG.A.7060
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Viscose Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08626
label: accession number
content: 163325
label: catalog number
content: T08626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: viscose rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: weaving (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 39 in; 91.44 cm x 99.06 cm