Woven asbestos fiber filter cloth; Keasbey & Mattison Co.; 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1814
label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Keasbey & Mattison Company
notes: label: Description
content: One of a handful of objects retained from an original donation of 105 asbestos products made by Keasbey & Mattison Co. in Ambler, Pennsylvania, donated by the firm to the museum in 1914.
label: Description
content: The object list was: Filter cloth; Metallic cloth, heavy; Metallic cloth made from asbestos yarn twisted with brass wire
label: Description
content: Asbestos braided tubing #60 - 1"; Selvedge edge tape 3" x 1/16", heavy; Selvedge edge tape 1 1/2" x .025"; Selvedge edge tape - 1" x .020; Asbestos yarn - No. 1; 2 ply 26 cut; Asbestos yarn - 2 ply, 10 cut; Asbestos cord, #6, 1/8"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Ambler
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Keasbey & Mattison Co., Ambler, PA. 1914
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08274.000
label: catalog number
content: T08274.000
label: catalog number
content: T8274
label: accession number
content: 56625
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: asbestos ? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 14 5/16 in x 5 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 36.35375 cm x 13.335 cm