House of Salt's "Merltex" silk plush imitation baby lamb fur fabric, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: House of Salt’s
notes: label: Description
content: Sample cut of House of Salt's "Merltex" silk plush imitation baby lamb fur fabric, 1914. Silk pile, in baby lamb effect; cotton back; lightweight. Color: Black, 48" wide. The company, "House of Salt's" was the American branch (opened after the McKinley Tariff of 1890) of the important English firm founded by Sir Titus Salt, in Bradford, in the 1830s. Sir Titus also founded the industrial community of Saltaire, on principles of providing his workers with decent housing, and educational and cultural opportunities. Salt's various imitation furs, with silk or mohair pile, were given brand names such as Sealette, Esquimette, Meritex, Saltex Arabian Lamb, and Pomoire.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of House of Salt's Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01952.000
label: catalog number
content: T01952.000
label: accession number
content: 57283
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pile weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 in; 121.92 cm