Printed silk chiffon; National Silk Dyeing Co.; 1913
date: label: Date made
content: 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Very fragile small sample of printed silk chiffon with a striped pattern in pink, green, and blue on white.. National Silk Dyeing Co.; 1913. One of twenty examples of silk woven in the raw and printed in the piece. Original sample # 174. From a group of 145 samples of silk fabrics and yarns of various types, weaves, uses, and origins donated in 1913 by the National Silk Dyeing Co., of Paterson, New Jersey (America's "Silk City"), which was one of the largest and most comprehensive silk dyeing and printing firms in the U.S.
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 Silk Industry
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.T01531.00B
label: accession number
content: 55134
label: catalog number
content: T01531.A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric fragment
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: chiffon (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm