Fiber sample, stems of Boehmeria nivea, from Pundulur, Madras, India, 1885. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England, in 1885, for the US National Museum's economic botany collection..
Fiber and yarn samples of Genet d' Espagne (Genista juncea), 1885. Prepared in a few remote villages in France. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection.
Series showing preparation of fiber from leaves of the Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), ca. 1885 West Tropical Africa. Samples of the stages of the processing of the leaves into usable fiber. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection..
NB: Consultation with Dr. Caroline Cornish of the Kew sponsored Mobile Museum Project confirmed that Kew acquired many series of samples to document the processes of transforming a plant material into a finished product. [MCS, 04/2018]
Fiber sample, Boehmeria nivea, from Pundulur, Madras, India, ca. 1885. Noted as 'cleaned'. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection..
Sample of refuse fiber from the pericarps of the Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis, after the expression of the oil. From West Tropical Africa. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection.
Leaf fiber sample, Elaeis Guineensis (African oil palm), ca. 1885. Prepared from the leaves of the African oil palm, from West Tropical Africa. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection..
Fiber sample, Sea Island cotton, from Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, grown in 1841. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection..
Fiber sample, M. Rouge Aloe, (Sansveira Guineensis), from Mombasa, East Africa, ca. 1885. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, to the US National Museum's economic botany collection.
A sample of the fiber known as Modal, packaged like a miniature bale of cotton. The fiber is wrapped in fabric, and held in place by gold colored wire. On the fabric this is written: MODAL MODAL MAKES THE WORLD A SOFTER PLACE. The bale and the fiber are white, the printing is black. Manufactured by Lenzing Fibers, Inc., ca. 2008
