TransferTex transfer-printed chiffon; Germany; 1980s
date: label: date made
content: 1980s
name: label: maker
content: TransferTex
notes: label: Description
content: Length of polyester chiffon, “Transfertex Fashion Design”; design of scattered leaves in teals and purples with white accents – Transfer printing, this length has a print flaw towards the bottom. 1980s 66” L x 58.5” W. 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: Germany
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: 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: 2016.0213.06
label: accession number
content: 2016.0213
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0213.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: textile length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, chiffon; transfer-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 66 in x 58 1/2 in; 167.64 cm x 148.59 cm