"Medieval Manuscript" design jacquard woven furnishing fabric; 1960s"
date: label: date made
content: 1960 - 1980
notes: label: Description
content: Jacquard-woven “Medieval manuscript” design of figures in square reserves with scrolling floral borders. Supposedly woven by an American mill on commission for furnishing the chapel of an American military academy. Used by Seymour F. Rappoport in the family home as living room curtains and upholstery and the lining of a large display cabinet. Off white, golds, red, green, gray accents. 53” x 52”. One of 27 textile lengths dating from the 1950s into the 1980s, part of a collection owned by Seymour Rappoport, who owned two fabric stores himself, and whose father owned a silk-dyeing firm in Paterson, NJ. in the early 20th century. This collection illustrates the broad range of textiles, from around the world, that were available to and sought by home sewers and small businesses (such as dressmakers, tailors, and theatrical costume shops) that were avid patrons of fabric stores into the 1980s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marjorie and Seymour Rappoport
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0213.13
label: accession number
content: 2016.0213.13
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: textile length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 52 in; 134.62 cm x 132.08 cm