Oriental Silk Printing Co. discharge-printed silk taffeta fabric sample, "Wedgwood"; 1918
date: label: Date made
content: 1918
notes: label: Description
content: Oriental Silk Printing Co. Discharge Printed silk taffeta fabric sample; 1918. Discharage printed silk "Wedgwood Print". Piece-dyed taffeta weave fabric, discharge printed with a distinctive design of the old English ceramic ware, reproduced so as to retain the original relief setting of the various motifs. Printing continues onto selvedge edge. Print has a 7 inch repeat. Swatch taken out from a corner with pinking scissors. Pink ground with grey and white floral motifs and ogee in offset stripe effect..
label: Description
content: The Oriental Silk Printing Company also produced a trade magazine from 1922 to 1927 called The Master Silk Printer. It was self-promotional but also served as a vehicle within the fashion industry for providing information related to silk apparel for women. The Paterson-Haledon area of New Jersey was the main center of the silk textile manufacturing industry in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and this was where the company was situated. Most of these factories had showrooms in New York City in what is still known as ‘The Garment District,’ and many advertised through this trade publication. Companies selling other fashion industry goods such as dyes, machinery, chemicals, ribbon, and related products also advertised here. Oriental Silk Printing Company was in business from the early 1900s to the mid 1930s, at which point their mills moved from New Jersey to the South.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Oriental Silk Printing Company, 1918
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T03845.000
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content: 62224
label: catalog number
content: T03845.000
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content: Fabric Length
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content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
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content: gray (overall color)
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content: rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; discharge-printed; piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 38 in; 53.34 cm x 96.52 cm