The Shelton Looms "Audubon" novelty pile fabric, 1921
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Shelton Looms "Audubon" novelty pile fabric. A novelty plush with a long artificial silk cut pile, randomly tinted blue and golden yellow, and pressed in swirls to imitate bird plumage. According to the initial cataloging from the accession file, "The colors of this fabric were inspired by the feathers of the Callistel." One of a group of samples of novelty pile fabrics given by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc., owner and operator of the Shelton Looms, Shelton, CT, in 1921. Width 51", sample length not noted. Mfr # 12254E
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.T04250.000
label: catalog number
content: T04250.000
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; embossed; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 51 in; 91.44 cm x 129.54 cm