Taylor-Friedsam Co Warp-printed silk ribbon, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Taylor-Friedsam Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Warp-printed silk taffeta ribbon with narrow pink satin weave selvages, center patterning of full blown roses, rosebuds, and leaves in pinks and greens against a white ground. 5 ¼”
label: Description
content: One of a group of 12 silk ribbon samples donated by Taylor-Friedsam in 1914. Catalog numbers T1279-T1290.
label: Description
content: Paterson, New Jersey was known as America's "Silk City" from the large number of silk textile manufacturing concerns centered in that area. From February through July, 1913, workers in many of Paterson's silk mills went on strike for better working conditions. The strike ended at the end of July - and the ribbon weavers were one of the few groups of workers who were able to achieve some of the changes they desired. Several Paterson ribbon manufacturers donated samples to the museum in late 1913 and early 1914. It is likely that they were made by the workers returned from the 1913 strike.
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 Silk Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Taylor-Friedsam Co
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01286a
label: catalog number
content: T01286.000
label: accession number
content: 56746
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair ribbon
label: Object Name
content: ribbon length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 5 1/4 in; 182.88 cm x 13.335 cm