Forstmann Woolens Day-Glo checked fabric; 1955-60
date: label: date made
content: ca 1955 - 1960
name: label: maker
content: Forstmann Woolen Co.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Forstmann Woolens Day-Glo orange, dark red, black, and white checked fabric in a herringbone twill weave. Overscaled design, very textural yarns; mid to late 1950s. Label on one bolt end: Forstmann Woolens, a J.P. Stevens Co. (According to one source the Forstmann division of Stevens was liquidated in 1960) One of 27 textile lengths dating from the 1950s into the 1980s, part of a collection owned by Seymour Rappoport, who owned two fabric stores himself, and whose father owned a silk-dyeing firm in Paterson, NJ. in the early 20th century. This collection illustrates the broad range of textiles, from around the world, that were available to and sought by home sewers and small businesses (such as dressmakers, tailors, and theatrical costume shops) that were avid patrons of fabric stores into the 1980s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marjorie and Seymour Rappoport
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0213.25
label: accession number
content: 2016.0213
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0213.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: herringbone twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 54 in; 86.36 cm x 137.16 cm