Onondaga Silk Mills fabric length
date: label: date made
content: 1950 - 1970
name: label: maker
content: Onondaga Silk Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of printed dress fabric, probably acrylic, plain weave, lightweight challis quality. Printed with an "Indienne" inspired design of exotic leaves and blossoms in red and black on white. Manufactured by Onondaga Silk Mills, 1950-70. Possibly made in the Pennsylvania mill. There is a selvedge inscription "Onondaga Silk Co." This is a late example of American textile mill production, post-World War II when synthetic fibers supplanted natural fibers for many products.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kristin Rose for Heritage Fabrics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0231.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0231
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0231.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acrylic? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 60 in x 42 in; 152.4 cm x 106.68 cm