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Title |
Unsown Wear Test Fiber 66 (nylon) Test Stocking |
Object Name |
Stocking |
Object ID |
2004.543.191 |
Description |
White, translucent nylon women's garment. Nylon is unsown. |
Date |
1936 |
Dimensions |
W-11 L-25.5 inches |
Material |
Nylon |
Made |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
Collection |
Joseph X. Labovsky Collection |
Search Terms |
Nylon Textiles Du Pont Stocking Clothing Labovsky, Joseph X. Carothers, Wallace |
Provenance |
Donated by Joseph Labovsky, a longtime employee of I. E. Du Pont de Namours & Co., beginning as a laboratory technical assistant to Dr. Wallace Carothers at the Experimental station in Wilmington. Labovsky retired from Du Pont in 1975 and has since lectured extensively on Wallace Carothers and the history of Nylon. |