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Scarf
This is a Scarf. It is dated 1939 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is rayon and its technique is printed. It is a part of the Textiles department.
A souvenir from the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing, New York, this scarf commemorates the various buildings and monuments at the fairgrounds. The Chemical and Plastics Building, sponsored by DuPont, featured displays of research labs and manufacturing processes. Included were a rayon spinning machine, a machine that added bristles to toothbrushes, and a debut display of DuPont's nylon stockings.
This object was
donated by
American Textile History Museum.
It is credited American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Katharine Kreiser and Arthur Larson.
- Book, Your World of Tomorrow
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, T785.B1 Y58 1939.
- 113.2018.1
- Book, Futurama
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, T785 K1G32 1939.
- 113.2018.2
Its dimensions are
H x W: 49.5 × 47 cm (19 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
It is inscribed
Copyright: NYWF
Cite this object as
Scarf; rayon; H x W: 49.5 × 47 cm (19 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.); American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Katharine Kreiser and Arthur Larson; 2016-35-73
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Plastics.
