  We report an experimental study of the development of orientational order in
a crumpled sheet, with a particular focus on the role played by the geometry of
confinement. Our experiments are performed on elastomeric sheets immersed in a
fluid, so that the effects of plasticity and friction are suppressed. When the
sheet is crumpled either axially or radially within a cylinder, we find that
the sheet aligns with the flat or the curved wall, depending on the aspect
ratio of the cylinder. Nematic correlations develop between the normals of the
sheets at relatively low volume fractions and the crumpled object has large
density fluctuations corresponding to the stacking of parallel sheets. The
aligning effect of the wall breaks symmetry and selects the direction of
ordering.
