A.H. Straus & Co.'Luxor Taffeta' dress silk,'Spanish' design; 1917.
date: label: Date made
content: 1917
notes: label: Description
content: A.H. Straus & Co.'Luxor Taffeta' dress silk,'Spanish' design; violet ground fabric length; 1917. Luxor taffeta made by A. H. Straus & Co. A lustrous, reversible, fabric with discharge-printed design taken from Spanish textile art of 16th and 17th centuries. Original is on the covering of some old chairs in the Berlin Museum. Colors are green, yellow, and black on a violet ground. Some areas of the fabric have faded in color, considerably lighter markings are seen in large stripes throughout.
label: Description
content: A. H. Straus and Co. was active in the 1910s and 1920s. The company was based in New York City and was a premier importer and
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
topic: label: web object
content: American Textile Industry
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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: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of A H Straus and Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02550.000
label: accession number
content: 61633
label: catalog number
content: T02550.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: violet ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; taffeta; discharge-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 41 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm