Cartridge (Powder) Bag Cloth; World War I
date: label: date made
content: 1917-1919
notes: label: Description
content: This length of coarse, plain weave, unbleached, undyed cloth was made primarily of silk noils, very uneven in the spinning, with natural variations in color giving an uneven striped appearance. Flecked with knots and slubs. Used during World War I for artillery and naval gun cartridge powder charge bags.
label: Description
content: Slightly rough surface. Labelled Quality E by the Salvage Board, which sold it for 64 cents per yard at the end of the war.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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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: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the U.S. War Department, Ordnance Department, Salvage Board.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04152
label: catalog number
content: T04152.000
label: accession number
content: 65107
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; undyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm