Herringbone stripe silk suiting
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Victory Silk Company
notes: label: Description
content: Length of silk suiting: "Herringbone Stripe". An all silk fabric interlaced with broken twill "herringbone" weave, broken warp-ways only, the weave showing plainly on the face of the fabric. Originated by John G. Bentley, for men's wear. Heavy weight silk warp finer than the weft yarns, The chevron effect of the broken twill weave giving a subtle striped effect. One sample in blue; one with black warp and very dark brown weft.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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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: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Victory Silk Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02762.A-B
label: accession number
content: 58809
label: catalog number
content: T02762.A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: Herringbone (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: broken twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm