A H Straus & Co printed silk charmeuse length; "Suffrage Victory"; 1915.
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
notes: label: Description
content: A H Straus & Co. printed silk charmeuse fabric length; 1915. A lining silk, thin and smooth: "The Suffrage Victory" commemorative charmeuse satin, printed with a copyrighted design of the suffrage colors, yellow in combination with black, white, purplish-gray, and brown in small solid checks.3.5 checks per inch with a three inch repeat. Edges are frayed. Print continues onto selvedge edge. Cylinder printed.
label: Description
content: A. H. Straus and Co. was active in the 1910s and 1920s. The company was based in New York City and was a premier importer and manufacturer of printed silks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
topic: label: web subject; commemorated
content: Women's Suffrage
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 A H Straus and Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02849.000
label: accession number
content: 58970
label: catalog number
content: T02849.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown, purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: satin weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm