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Nylon: The First 25 Years

Trade catalogue · not yet checked at the source · Image permission pending

Made by: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Textile Fibers Department (originator); Public Relations Department (associated)
Date: 1963
Held by: Hagley Museum and Library
Collection: DuPont Company Textile Fibers Product Information photographs (Accession 1984.259), Series I. Fashion master files; Subseries F. Hosiery, Box 12, Folder 20
Number: 1984259_121412_004
Themes: Nylon & synthetic fibers (DuPont)

View at the source Cited in chapter 6, notes 17, 20

Cite this source

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Textile Fibers Department (originator); Public Relations Department (associated). “Nylon: The First 25 Years,” 1963. 1984259_121412_004, DuPont Company Textile Fibers Product Information photographs (Accession 1984.259), Series I. Fashion master files; Subseries F. Hosiery, Box 12, Folder 20, Hagley Museum and Library. digital.hagley.org/1984259_121412_004.

Research notes

Commemorative booklet marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the invention of nylon (Hagley summary). 36 page images. Its chronology page (image 2) reads, in the OCR text: "1958: A special bulked continuous filament nylon yarn was developed for carpeting; it soon revolutionized the market for rugs and carpeting by [introducing] nylon filament in loop pile construction" (OCR is garbled; check against the page image). Image 25: "Nylon for carpets now totals over 150 million pounds a year... New continuous type used in carpets has helped nylon take over 26 per cent of market for broadloom carpeting." Why it matters: Nylon chapter, open question "The BCF date (1957 or 1959)": DuPont's own 1963 chronology dates BCF carpet nylon to 1958. Also gives a 1963 market share for nylon in broadloom. Found: Hagley Digital Archives, search "bulked continuous filament", 2026-10-28.