Sideny Blumenthal & Co., Inc. cotton drapery velvet; 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Sideny Blumenthal & Co., Inc. black and white striped cotton drapery velvet; 1915. Cotton pile fabric used for draperies. Black and white color scheme may be attributable to the dye shortage during WOrld War I, when the US was cut off from German dyes, and textile manufacturers tried to encourage a fad for black and white.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02785.000
label: catalog number
content: T02785.000
label: accession number
content: 58868
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in; 127 cm