Piece-dyed silk ratine; National Silk Dyeing Co.; 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: National Silk Dyeing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of piece-dyed silk ratine, in "Alice Blue".. National Silk Dyeing Co.; 1913. Examples of silk woven in the raw and dyed in the piece. Original sample # 149. One of 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
setName: label: See more items in
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.T01504.000
label: catalog number
content: T01504.000
label: accession number
content: 55134
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)