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Paris, under the direction of M. Paul Poiret, were contributed by 

 the company. These silks are the first of the kind to be made 

 in America and sold abroad, and are not generally recognized as of 

 domestic manufacture. One of the patterns is printed with wooden 

 blocks by hand, and is among the first of hand-block printing on a 

 heavy silk fabric produced in this country. 



Messrs. M. C. Migel & Co., of New York, presented specimens of 

 " ad hoc " printing on pussy willow taffeta brocade, being examples 

 of the first successful work of this nature done in the United States. 

 The combination of the purity and transparent qualities of the block- 

 printed colors with the bold relief effect of the brocade pattern and 

 the softness of the pure dye taffeta fabric gives very rich and beau- 

 tiful results. From Messrs. E. & Z. Van Raalte, of New York, the 

 Museum received a series of 24 styles of American-made face veilings, 

 the first high-grade material of this character designed and made in 

 this countr}^; from the Forest Silk Co., of New York, 12 samples 

 of brocaded novelty silks used for dress trimmings, of designs pre- 

 pared for the fall season of 1914; and from Mitsui & Co., of New 

 York, a commercial package or "book" of the best grade of raw 

 Japanese silk, showing the method of packing and wrapping to 

 exclude dust and moisture. 



A collection of fancy wash dress goods and shirtings from the 

 Aberfoyle Manufacturing Co., of Chester, Pa., comprises pleasing 

 and artistic combinations of plain, ratine and mercerized cotton 

 yarns with spun silk and viscose si\k in plain and fancy weaves. 

 Most of the samples represent goods manufactured for the fall season 

 of 1911 and exhibited in the Museum before being sold to the public. 



The Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture 

 deposited in the Museum the extensive collection of wools and woolen 

 products illustrating methods of grading and manufacture and sug- 

 gested improvements in breeding and marketing raw wools, which 

 had been prepared by the Division of Animal Husbandry for the con- 

 ference of growers and manufacturers of wool held in Washington, 

 June 2-4, 1914. The series includes examples of the deteriorating 

 effects of disease and poor range on the quality of the wool and of the 

 defects shown in finished fabrics traceable to improper methods of 

 marking sheep and tying fleeces. It also contains specimens illus- 

 trating the steps in the processes of worsted spinning by both the 

 English and French systems and the preparation and mixing of raw 

 materials for the manufacture of woolen fabrics. From the Pacific 

 Mills, at Lawrence, Mass., through Messrs. Lawrence & Co., there 

 was received a collection of 3-yard samples of piece-dj^ed worsted 

 dress goods and linings, including serge, diagonal, panama cloth, 

 luster cloth, crepe, voile, batiste, challie, prunella cloth, ratine, alba- 

 tross, coat linings, etc. 



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