Pelgram & Meyer Bayadere ribbon sample, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Pelgram & Meyer
notes: label: Description
content: Small sample of silk corded Bayadere (horizontal stripe) faille (weft rib) ribbon. Wide stripe of black between narrow ones of yellow, light blue, red, green, and white, each stripe being toned down by a stripe of black at each side. Nine cords run warp-wise to strengthen the ribbon, and for textural interest. 6 1/2" wide. One of a group of ribbons given by Paterson, NJ, ribbon manufacturer Pelgram & Meyer in 1914. Pelgram & Meyer was one of the silk companies affected by the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pelgram & Meyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02137.000
label: catalog number
content: T02137.000
label: accession number
content: 57564
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ribbon
label: Object Type
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; corded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm