Two skeins yellow Italian Douppion silk, 1912
date: label: date made
content: 1912
notes: label: Description
content: Two skeins yellow Italian Douppion (double cocoon) raw silk, 200/250 drs. 1912 .
label: Description
content: A. P. Villa & Bros., 487 Broadway, (The Silk Exchange Building) NYC, was an importing firm dealing in raw and thrown silk, with purchasing branches in Shanghai and Canton, China; Yokohama, Japan; Milan and Turin, italy; and Lyon, France. In 1912 the company expanded its business into throwing, warping, quilling, and winding silk, in a Passaic, NJ mill. These processes prepare raw silk for use in weaving.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
label: associated place
content: Italy
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of A.P. Villa & Bros., NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T00331.000
label: catalog number
content: T00331.000
label: catalog number
content: T331
label: accession number
content: 54849
objectType: label: Object Name
content: raw silk skeins
label: Object Name
content: raw silk skeins, batch of
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 10.795 cm x 31.115 cm