The Shelton Looms "Panoply" novelty pile fabric
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Shelton Looms "Panoply" novelty solid cut pile fabric. A pile fabric with a very fine, short artificial silk pile, "with the feel of a heavy satin", the pile rows cut in such a way as to give a twill or diagonal effect. Color: larkspur (blue) Mfr #33404E. 52" width, no sample length noted. One of a group of fabrics given by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc. in 1921. Blumenthal owned and operated The Shelton Looms in Shelton CT, noted American pile fabric mill.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Velvet & Plush Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04246.000
label: catalog number
content: T04246.000
label: accession number
content: 66732
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: artificial silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 52 in; 91.44 cm x 132.08 cm