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Object Name: Jacket
Material: Palm Beach Cloth, cotton & mohair wool
Accession Number: 1984.151.10a
Cultural Context: Textiles and Social History
Earliest Production Date: 1920
Absolute Date: 1925
Description: Cream wool summer weight men's suit. Palm Beach Cloth, cotton and mohair wool. Made by the Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Maine, U.S.A.;;Louis Goodall, owner of the Goodall Worsted Co., maker of upholstery fabric, was also interested in making a light, wrinkle-free fabric for men's summer suits. In the early 1920s, his research department developed a suitable fabric with a cotton warp and a mohair weft, which was called "Palm Beach Cloth". In the 1930s and 1940s the Goodall Co. continued to produce "Palm Beach Cloth", but made with rayon and later nylon.
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