"Taffeta" silk dress fabric; Sands & Co.; 1915
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An imported plain weave fabric with a fine cross-ribbed appearance: "Taffeta" silk dress fabric; Sold for $1.50 per yard at Lansburgh & Bro., 420-430 7th St., Washington, DC; Jan 29 115. Width: 36" Manufactured by Sands & Co. (country of origin not given, but noted as 'imported'; 1915.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Part of a purchase of silks, mostly American made, by the museum in 1915. Perhaps included as a sample of the competition American silk mills faced from abroad.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Textile Industry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02724.000
label: catalog number
content: T02724.000
label: accession number
content: 58531
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)