"Hava Coke" weave silk suiting
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Victory Silk Company
notes: label: Description
content: Silk suiting; "Hava Coke" weave. A fabric resembling barathea, having a silk warp with a mixed silk and cotton novelty yarn filling (weft.). Originated by John G. bentley for men's wear. Color: natural (unbleached, undyed)
label: Description
content: The finer silk warp yarns are paired, with the weft yarn (silk twisted with cotton) giving a pebbled texture - not quite a pronounced basket weave. The use of cotton in the filling suggests that this fabric was less expensive than the company's other silk suitings. The tradename, "Hava Coke", suggests that it might have been targeted to young men - perhaps high school and college age.
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.T02759
label: catalog number
content: T02759.000
label: accession number
content: 58809
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; paired warps (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm