Printed Rayon Shantung; American Viscose Corporation; 1942
date: label: date made
content: 1942
name: label: maker
content: American Viscose Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Selvage width sample length of printed rayon Shantung. 39" Wide. Medium weight plain weave of viscose filament rayon. White pattern against a blue ground. Small 'arrow and target' motifs in a dense, tossed layout, nondirectional repeat.
label: Description
content: Rayon fabrics played a large part in both military and civilian products during World War II, as shortages of other fibers made it essential to replace cotton, silk, and wool with rayon (regenerated cellulose) whenever possible.
label: Description
content: One of 17 fabric samples donated to the museum in 1942, along with a display illustrating the manufacture of rayon goods from wood to finished product. The display is held by the Division of Work & Industry, catalog # AG.A.7060
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Viscose Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08619.000
label: catalog number
content: T08619.000
label: accession number
content: 163325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)