Sample of 'ramie-silk filasse'; Superior Thread & Yarn Co. NYC; 1912
date: label: date made
content: 1912
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of 'ramie-silk filasse'; Superior Thread & Yarn Co. NYC; 1912. One of many samples of ramie fibers and yarns; Superior Thread & Yarn Co., NYC and Pluckamin, NJ; 1912.
label: Description
content: .354 One hank of Crude ramie fiber, in the gum (location on card: 31.2 Suit)
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content: .355 One hank of degummed ramie filasse ( " " )
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content: .356 One hank of bleached ramie filasse ( " " )
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content: .357 One hank of ramie-silk filasse ( " " )
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content: .358 One hank of ramie sliver; from combed shorts ( " " )
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content: .359 One hank of ramie fiber; from combed longs ( " " )
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content: .360 One package of ramie noils ( " " )
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content: .361 One bobbin of ramie roving; from combed shorts ( " " )
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content: .362 One bobbin ramie roving, from combed longs ( " " )
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content: .363 Two skeins Ramie roving; dyed ( " " )
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content: .364 Eight hanks Ramie sliver; dyed ( " " )
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content: .365 Four bobbins Ramie yarn; Single. ( " " )
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content: .366 Two bobbins Ramie yarn; Twisted. ( " " )
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content: .367 Five skeins Ramie thread; Novelty. ( " " )
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content: .368 Twelve tubes of Ramie thread; for weaving ( " " )
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content: .369 Two cones Ramie thread; for knitting ( " " )
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content: .370 Fifteen skeins Ramie thread ( " " )
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content: Samples from various stages of production of yarns from ramie fiber. Donated by the SUperior Thread & Yarn Co., Dec. 19, 1912. Company trademark was STYCOS. Sales office and HQ: Everett Buildinng, 17th St. and Fourth Ave., New York City; Mills in Pluckamin, NJ. In 1915 the company would donate another ramie sample, called STYCOS wool substitute, to the US National Museum (Acc. 57996) [Copied from duplicate deleted XG record TE.T354-T370, ramie fiber and yarn samples]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Pluckemin
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Superior Thread & Yarn Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T000357.000
label: catalog number
content: T357
label: accession number
content: 54887
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiber sample, ramie
label: Object Name
content: ramie fiber and yarn samples
label: Object Name
content: filasse, ramie-silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ramie (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 25 1/2 in x 6 in; 6.0325 cm x 64.77 cm x 15.24 cm