View source for 1790-1810, man’s cotton vest, hemp sewing thread

Source: Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, The Ohio State University, http://fashion2fiber.osu.edu/items/show/448
The cotton from the vest outer fabric can be found at   http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/1790-1810,_man%E2%80%99s_cotton_vest,_cotton_fabric
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|| plant
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Accession Number
|| 2003.42.7
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Title
|| hemp fibers, bright field, 200X
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image Identification information
|| 001.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.BF.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image capture
|| digital
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Date of image capture
|| 10/29/13
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopist
|| K. Jakes
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscope
|| Zeiss Axioplan
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Mounting agent and RI
|| Meltmount RI 1.539
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopic technique
|| Brightfield
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Comments
|| dislocations are different from flax. 
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002.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread 
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Source
|| plant
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Accession Number
|| 2003.42.7
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Title
|| hemp fibers, polarized light, 200X
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image Identification information
|| 002.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image capture
|| digital
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Date of image capture
|| 10/29/13
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopist
|| K. Jakes
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscope
|| Zeiss Axioplan
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Mounting agent and RI
|| Meltmount RI 1.539
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopic technique
|| Polarized light
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Comments
|| dislocations are different from flax. 
|}
|}
{| 
|[[FILE: 003.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread.jpg|300px]]
003.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread 
||
{| Class="wikitable" border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Source
|| plant
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Accession Number
|| 2003.42.7
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Title
|| hemp fibers, bright field, 200X
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image Identification information
|| 003.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image capture
|| digital
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Date of image capture
|| 10/29/13
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopist
|| K. Jakes
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscope
|| Zeiss Axioplan
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Mounting agent and RI
|| Meltmount RI 1.539
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopic technique
|| polarized light
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Comments
|| dislocations are different from flax. 
|}
|}
{| 
|[[FILE: 004.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL-FOR.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread,yellowatdislocations.jpg|300px]]
004.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL-FOR.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread,yellowatdislocations 
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{| Class="wikitable" border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Source
|| plant
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Accession Number
|| 2003.42.7
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Title
|| hemp fibers, polarized light, first order red plate added, 200X
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image Identification information
|| 004.2003.42.7.10-29-2013.POL-FOR.200XMM.possiblehemp.sewingthread,yellowatdislocations 
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Image capture
|| digital
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Date of image capture
|| 10/29/13
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopist
|| K. Jakes
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscope
|| Zeiss Axioplan
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Mounting agent and RI
|| Meltmount RI 1.539
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Microscopic technique
|| Polarized light, first order red plate added
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Comments
|| dislocations are different from flax. Yellow color at dislocations under Red I plate indicative of Z direction of fibrils, which lends more confirmation that this is hemp and not flax. 
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