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Title |
DuPont "employee" first run nylon stockings |
Object Name |
Stocking |
Object ID |
2021.058.001A-C |
Description |
One pair of stockings, with one tucked inside the other, and an unpaired stocking all with "NYLON" sewn at the top. These could be possible wear test stockings as there is a handwritten note that came with the stockings explaining how they were worn by DuPont employees before being put on the market. |
Date |
ca. 1939 |
Dimensions |
H-31 W-6.5 inches |
Material |
Nylon |
Search Terms |
Clothing and Dress E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Hosiery Nylon Textiles |
Provenance |
Nylons from Elizabeth Matlack, who worked at Krebs Pigment and Color Corporation as a Master's prepared chemist from 1937-1941. She researched titanium dioxide as a white pigment. |