Rockland Silk Co. "Gros de Londre" dress silk; 1918
date: label: date made
content: 1917
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Rockland Silk Co. "Gros de Londre" dress silk; 1918. Glace fabric with very fine, flat crosswise ribs; lighter in weight than faille. Used as a ground cloth for 'camouflage' in making up. Color: Canary and flesh. One sample, 36.5" L x 36" w. . Rockland Silk Co. Mill at Haverstraw, NY; Sales offices at 77 Madison Ave, New York, NY. Given in January 1918. Rockland was in operation at least by 1895, and was purchased by H.K.H Silk Co. in 1921.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Haverstraw
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Silk Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rockland Silk Co., 1918
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T03855.000
label: catalog number
content: T03855.000
label: accession number
content: 62008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, ribbed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in x 36 in; 92.71 cm x 91.44 cm