Samuel Eiseman & Co., jacquard figured silk and cotton fabric sample; 1915.
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Samuel Eiseman & Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Samuel Eiseman & Co., jacquard figured silk and cotton fabric sample; 1915. Jacquard figured dress silk. A cotton backed satin, having a silk warp and a combed cotton filling. Jacquard figured in a floral patttern. Length is 16 inches and the edges are frayed, cut unevenly. White ground with white floral design. The first material of its kind to be made in the state of New Hampshire.
label: Description
content: Previous name of the company was Eiseman Bros. from 1881-1898. The trade name was – SECO – acronym for Samuel Eiseman & Co. It was a silk dress goods sales agency and converter, which also operated mills in New Hampshire. Goods were sold through the headquarters and sales offices in New York City. The company dissolved in the early 1930s. Founder - Samuel Eiseman
label: Description
content: Founder - Samuel Eiseman
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Newmarket
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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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: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Samuel Eiseman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02498.000
label: accession number
content: 58159
label: catalog number
content: T02498.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven, compound weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 36 in; 40.64 cm x 91.44 cm