Wahnetah Silk Co "Puppy Skin" dress silk length; 1915.
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Wahnetah Silk Co "Puppy Skin" dress silk length; solid rose pink color. 1915. Silk dress goods; tradename "Puppy Skin". A fine, soft plain weave silk; yarn dyed fabric resembling taffeta but without prominent weftwise ribs. Tradename "Puppy Skin" woven in white in selvedge. Some tears and punctiures throughout. Included in drawer are two identical advertising color cards titled "About 'Puppy Skin' Silk". It descirbes "Puppy Skin" as combining the essential qualities of taffeta as well as satin and is partiuclarly adaptable for dancing frocks and afternoon dresses. The middle of the color card shows 18 shades, half of which are pastels and the others are darker colors like navy and black. The color sample of Rose is the same color as the fabric length. The back of the card includes address information. The card was distributed by W. M. Alford and Sons.
label: Description
content: In 1890 the Wahnetah Silk Company was created to manufacture silks in Catasauqua, PA. The business employed 550 employees on 750 looms by 1918. The silk mill closed business operations in 1935.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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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: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W M Alford and Sons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02763.000
label: accession number
content: 58834
label: catalog number
content: T02763.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: "puppy skin" (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn dyed; plain weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm