Nylon artifacts

Before the commercial marketing of nylon products, garments referred to as 'wear test' were used by volunteers and graded for performance, comfort and quality.

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Package and stocking, DuPont nylon hosiery (top left)


Postwar (probably 1950s)
Purchased from Harrison Hosiery Company, Philadelphia

Brown Nylon Hose Sample (bottom left)


15 Denier Monofilament, 1939
Gift of Joe Labovsky

Wear test fiber 66 brassiere (center)


Nylon, 1937
Gift of Joe Labovsky

Wear test underwear (bottom center)


Nylon, 1938
Gift of Joe Labovsky

Fiber 66 test hose (near right)


Unsewn, undyed nylon, 1936
Gift of Joe Labovsky

Nylon yarn (top right)



Gift of Joe Labovsky

Nylon ribbon from semi-works, 250-pound autoclave (bottom right)


1937
Collection of Jane C. Wylen