The Shelton Looms "Ronge Velvet" novelty pile fabric
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Shelton Looms "Ronge Velvet" novelty pile fabric. Novelty pile weave "chiffon velvet" with black artificial silk cut pile of two lengths: a shorter sparsely woven background which allows the golden yellow ground weave to show through, and a longer, more densely woven patterning pile.Design of "idealized chrysanthemums" One of a number of novelty pile weave samples donated by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc. owner and operator of The Shelton Looms, in Shelton, CT, in 1921. 43.5" wide, sample length not noted. Mfr # 18325 1/3
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.T04249.000
label: catalog number
content: T04249.000
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; double pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 43 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 110.49 cm