Smith & Kaufmann Silk damask ribbon, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Smith & Kaufmann, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: 8 inch wide jacquard patterned ribbon of pink silk; compound weave, satin damask, ribbed selvage finish. Pattern of thorny stems with large leaves. See T1292 for the same pattern in a narrower and smaller version.
label: Description
content: One of a gift of 7 two-yard lengths of ribbon by Smith & Kaufmann, NYC and Paterson, NJ, in 1914. Accession 56753; T-1291-T1297
label: Description
content: Paterson, New Jersey was known as America's "Silk City" from the large number of silk textile manufacturing concerns centered in that area. From February through July, 1913, workers in many of Paterson's silk mills went on strike for better working conditions. The strike ended at the end of July - and the ribbon weavers were one of the few groups of workers who were able to achieve some of the changes they desired. Several Paterson ribbon manufacturers donated samples to the museum in late 1913 and early 1914. It is likely that they were made by the workers returned from the 1913 strike.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Business
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Smith & Kaufmann
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01291a
label: catalog number
content: T01291
label: accession number
content: 56753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ribbon
label: Object Type
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 7 13/16 in; 182.88 cm x 19.812 cm