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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. KE. & 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 country; 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 silk in plain and fancy weaves. 
Most of the samples represent goods manufactured for the fall season 
of 1914 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 24, 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-dyed worsted 
dress goods and linings, including serge, diagonal, panama cloth, 
luster cloth, crépe, voile, batiste, challie, prunella cloth, ratine, alba- 
tross, coat linings, ete. 
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