Schumacher "Imperial Coins" curtain fabric; "Sicilian Group"; designed by Vera; 1950s
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: maker
content: F. Schumacher & Company
notes: label: Description
content: A length of curtain fabric, with the selvage inscription: Schumacher Exclusive Screen print, Imperial Coins by Vera, Sicilian Group. 1950s. Gray-green synthetic ground with metallic silver pigment print of old coins.40” L x 45” 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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: 2016.0213.11
label: accession number
content: 2016.0213
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0213.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: textile length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fiber; metallic pigment (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; screen printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 45 in; 101.6 cm x 114.3 cm