Bolt of King Philip Mills "Baby Nainsook" plain white cotton cloth; 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Bolt of King Philip Mills "Baby Nainsook" plain weave, bleached white cotton cloth; 1915. Nainsook is the term for a lightweight, smooth, fine plain cotton fabric, that was much in use for baby clothes in the 19th and early 20th centuries. 36" wide. The bolt has the fabric folded in half lengthwise and wrapped tightly, with a paper label. Manufactured at and donated by the King Philip Mills, 372 Kilburn St., Fall River, Mass. Selling agent was S.H. Howe, 58 Leonard St., New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Fall River
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of King Philip Mills through S.H. Howe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02562.000
label: catalog number
content: T02562.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; bleached (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: Bolt, overall: 18 in x 5 in; 45.72 cm x 12.7 cm