46 jars of aniline Textile dyes
date: label: date made
content: 1920s-30s
name: label: maker
content: National Aniline and Chemical Company
notes: label: Description
content: 1 box of powdered synthetic (aniline) textile dyes. 46 Glass jars with glass stoppers; complete range of shades. National Aniline & Chemical Co., Buffalo, NY
label: Description
content: probably 1920s-30s. Jar dimensions 5” H x 1 7/8” W. Manufactured by the National Aniline & Chemical Company. Taken as a non-accession to facilitate use in exhibitions and for destructive testing.. National Aniline and Chemicals was one of the earliest American dyestuff companies to take advantage of the dye shortage during the first World War to build the American dye industry, and the range of colors in this collection of 46 small jars is an excellent cross section.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joseph Ashley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3154.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3154
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3154.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Textile dyes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (jars; stoppers material)
label: Physical Description
content: powdered aniline dyes (overall material)