Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Shelton Looms transparent velvet, "La Loie Silvel", 1928
date: label: date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Length of Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Shelton Looms, printed transparent velvet, "La Loie Silvel", 1928. Rayon pile, silk ground. 38" Wide. Short cut pile in tan, very lustrous, on a slightly open plain weave silk ground, which has been printed on the reverse with a zebra stripe pattern in black, which has penetrated the pile.. Transparent velvets with rayon pile were advertised as 'uncrushable', and were commonly used for afternnon and evening gowns and wraps.
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 Silk Industry
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content: 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.T05728.000
label: catalog number
content: T05728.000
label: accession number
content: 100332
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, cut pile, printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: transparent velvet (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in; 96.52 cm