The Shelton Looms "Alfresco Plush" pile fabric sample
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Length of novelty pile fabric in pink overprinted with a plaid on the diagonal in brown and green. Weave structure similar to "Panoply" from this same donation. Artificial silk solid cut pile is clipped to give a diagonal or twill aeffect in the weave, Color "Camelia" 51" wide. Sample length not noted. One of a number of samples of pile fabrics given by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc. owner and operator of The Shelton Looms, Shelton, CT, in 1921.
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.T04248.000
label: catalog number
content: T04248.000
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; over-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 51 in; 91.44 cm x 129.54 cm