Collins & Aikman Corporation figured upholstery velvet, 1929
date: label: date made
content: 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Sample length of Collins & Aikman Corporation pile upholstery fabric, 1929. Multi-colored, yarn-dyed, jacquard-woven pile upholstery fabric.; Fabric has an allover floral and medallion pattern formed by the rayon pile. A neo-classical style design: floral sprig motifs are framed within oval medallions and linked above and below to similar medallions, bordered by opposed meandering floral vines. The pile design stands out in relief on the twill weave cotton ground produced by interweaving the pile yarn with the ground structure. The largest area of voiding is in the ground of each medallion. The warp pile yarns in cotton and rayon have different lusters. The colors are organized in vertical bands across the width. Predominatly gray and dark red with accents of pink-orange, blue, tan, dark brown, and light orange. Half width.
label: Description
content: Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Velvet & Plush Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Collins & Aikman Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T06008.000
label: accession number
content: 105758
label: catalog number
content: T06008.00
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
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content: fabric length
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content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan & gold ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
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content: orange (overall color)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: pink-orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven; pile weave; cut pile, voided (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in; 92.71 cm x 67.31 cm