Samuel Eiseman & Co., "Polo Dots" printed dress silk; 1915.
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Samuel Eiseman & Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Samuel Eiseman & Co., Inc. - SECO Silk twill Polo Dots fabric length; 1915. Silk dress goods commercially named "Polo Dots". A fine twilled silk printed with spaced coin dots in a half drop repeat in black on a white ground. Semi-transpaprent. Dots are 0.75 inches and 4 inches from each other. Selvedge is thin and gold. Lengths are pinked. The 1915 date and the black and white color scheme suggest it was part of the general vogue for black and white that came about as a result of the shortage of (mostly German-made) dyestuffs after the British began to blockade German ports in early 1915, during World War I.
label: Description
content: Previous name of the company was Eiseman Bros. from 1881-1898. The trade name was – SECO – acronym for Samuel Eiseman & Co.. It was a silk dress goods sales agency and converter, which also operated mills in New Hampshire. Goods were sold through the headquarters and sales offices in New York City. The company dissolved in the early 1930s. Founder - Samuel Eiseman
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Newmarket
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 Samuel Eiseman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02493.000
label: accession number
content: 58159
label: catalog number
content: T02493.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 41 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm