sample card, metallic yarn
date: label: Date made
content: early 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Metlon Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: Gold and silver yarns have been used in textiles for hundreds of years. With age the metal yarns tarnish and discolor, making the fabric appear dirty and unattractive. By 1940 Metlon Corporation
label: Description
content: had developed a replacement for gold and silver yarns that consisted of aluminum foil laminated between layers of cellophane. They eventually replaced the cellophane with cellulose acetate, and eventually Mylar was used. Reynolds Aluminum and Dobeckmun worked together to develop another replacement for metal yarn. The project was put on hold during WWII, as aluminum was a war material. When the war ended they resumed their joint effort but had a falling out over design and marketing. Dobeckmun came out with a foil lamented between layers of plastic, and named their product Lurex. In 1947 Metallic Yarns Inc. began producing metallic yarns. Metallic Yarns was later purchaced by Metlon.
label: Description
content: This photo shows spools of Lurex yarn along with sample cards from Metlon and Lurex, and fabric made with Metlon and nylon yarns.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11122
label: catalog number
content: T11122
label: catalog number
content: T.11122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sample Card, Metallic Yarn
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: 9: 9 in x 3 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 8.89 cm