William Skinner and Sons "Tackle Twill" olive drab fabric length; 1941
date: label: date made
content: 1941
name: label: maker
content: William Skinner and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: William Skinner and Sons rayon and cotton "Tackle Twill" olive drab selvedge width fabric length; 1941. Manufacturer's notes: Quality 8245, color 902E (olive drab). Rayon 3/1 twilled face, cotton poplin back; warp is a special yarn of the same type used in the manufacture of automobile tire cords because of its quality of strength of wear resistance. The filling is a long staple 3-ply cotton yarn. Used as uniform matieral for the first parachute division of the U.S. Army. Vat dyed, fast color, "Long Life" Cravenette water repellent finish. Cold water shrunk three times to full the fabric. Manufacturer claimed that it cost as much to finish the fabric as to make it.
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: World War II
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Silk Industry
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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.T08535.000
label: catalog number
content: T08535.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: Fabric length
label: Object Name
content: Rayon and Cotton Fabric: "Tackle Twill"
label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tackle twill (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 in x 42 1/2 in; 93.98 cm x 107.95 cm