Schiffli embroidered imitation filet lace; Alpha Embroidery Co.; 1920-25
date: label: date made
content: 1920 - 1925
name: label: maker
content: Alpha Embroidery Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Imitation filet embroidered lace band trimming; Schiffli embroidered conventional pattern executed with blue mercerized cotton and outlined with chalk beads, by a new process which permits the stitching of the beads & embroidery at the same time on the same machine, On ecru cotton filet net by the chemical burn-out process.
label: Description
content: Part of a group of Schifflie machine embroidered trimmings, primarily for apparel, manufactured by Alpha Embroidery Co. of New Jersey, many of which imitated hand embroidered national and regional styles, including from China and parts of Europe. The firm's designers used the Brooklyn Institute Museum to research original examples, which were copied or from which they drew inspiration. The products were sold in foreign markets in competition with the native hand work, as well as in the U.S.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Blanck & Co. Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05066.000
label: catalog number
content: T05066.000
label: accession number
content: 86090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidery, Machine
label: Object Name
content: lace trimming
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm