Three samples skein-dyed silk taffeta; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Three samples of silk taffeta dress goods; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915. Yarn is skein-dyed; warp-faced plain weave taffeta. Used for dress goods. 36" wide; Colors of samples: Corn (yellow), Silver, Myrtle (dark green). Part of a donation of 63 samples representing the processes of silk skein-dyeing, and silk piece-dyeing and printing, given by the National Silk Dyeing Co of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1915. National Silk Dyeing Co., headquartered at 140 Market St., Paterson, NJ was formed from five silk dyeing firms in Peterson, NJ (Auger & Simon Silk Dyeing Company; Emil Geering Silk Dyeing Co., Knipscher & Maas Silk Dyeing Company, Kearns Brothers, and Gaede Silky Dyeing Co.) and a fifth company from Allentown, Pa. (Lotte Brothers under the leadership of Charles I. Auger. National Silk Dyeing immediately became one of the large silk dyeing conglomerates in the nation. It operated into the Great Depression but was eventually broken up and sold off.
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 Silks
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of National Silk Dyeing Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02800.A-C
label: accession number
content: 58940
label: catalog number
content: T02800.A-C
label: catalog number
content: T02800.00A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric samples (3)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: a = corn (yellow) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: b = silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: c = drk green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: taffeta (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; skein-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm