Three samples piece-dyed silk chiffon; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Three samples of piece-dyed silk chiffon; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915. Sheer, piece dyed, open weave fabric with a soft finish. Colors: Rose (pink), Catawba (purple), Royal (blue). Part of a donation of 63 samples representing the processes of silk skein-dyeing, and silk piece-dyeing and printing, given by the National Silk Dyeing Co of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1915. National Silk Dyeing Co., headquartered at 140 Market St., Paterson, NJ was formed from five silk dyeing firms in Peterson, NJ (Auger & Simon Silk Dyeing Company; Emil Geering Silk Dyeing Co., Knipscher & Maas Silk Dyeing Company, Kearns Brothers, and Gaede Silk Dyeing Co.) and a fifth company from Allentown, Pa. (Lotte Brothers under the leadership of Charles I. Auger. National Silk Dyeing immediately became one of the large silk dyeing conglomerates in the nation. It operated into the Great Depression but was eventually broken up and sold off. A round paper tag (in accession folder) printed with the name National Silk Dyeing Co. Paterson NJ has an ink inscription:"Chiffon, dyed after woven, Rose." and the number #72 on the reverse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
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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: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of National Silk Dyeing Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02811.A-C
label: catalog number
content: T02811.00C
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content: T02811.00A
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content: T02811.00B
label: accession number
content: 58940
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content: T02811.A-C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric samples (3)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: a = royal blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: b = purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: c = rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: chiffon (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm