Printed silk mull; National Silk Dyeing Co.; 1913
date: label: Date made
content: 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Printed silk mull. Dark blue ground with pattern of small scattered diamonds in red and white small scattered diamonds. National Silk Dyeing Co.; 1913. One of twenty examples of silk woven in the raw and printed in the piece. Original sample # 175. From a group of 145 samples of silk fabrics and yarns of various types, weaves, uses, and origins donated in 1913 by the National Silk Dyeing Co., of Paterson, New Jersey (America's "Silk City"), which was one of the largest and most comprehensive silk dyeing and printing firms in the U.S.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of National Silk Dyeing Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01532.000
label: accession number
content: 55134
label: catalog number
content: T01532.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk sample
label: Object Name
content: Fabric sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 in x 23 1/2 in; 93.98 cm x 59.69 cm