Superior Thread and Yarn Company's "Stycos Wool Substitute" ramie fiber
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Superior Galleries
notes: label: Description
content: A bundle of the Superior Thread and Yarn Company's "Stycos Wool Substitute" ramie fiber. Acquired in February 1915. A vegetable fiber running from 6 to 11 inches in length, made entirely from ramie and used for mixing with wool in making cloth. Suitable for mixing with the best 3/8 blood stock.” T2367, accession 57996 From the Superior Thread and Yarn Company, 45 East 17th St., NYC, N.Y. This is an early example of the effect of World War I on raw materials shortages in the textile industry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Superior Thread and Yarn Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T2367
label: catalog number
content: T2367
label: accession number
content: 57996
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fiber
label: Object Name
content: ramie fiber
label: Object Type
content: fiber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ramie (overall material)