Goetz Silk Mfg. Co.cotton back satin fabric; 1914.
date: label: Date made
content: 1914
notes: label: Description
content: Goetz Silk Mf Co. silk satin faced, cotton backed lining fabric in rose pink; 1914. Lining silk: "Cotton Back Satin" Warp silk, weft cotton. White stripe on selvedge on right side, Goetz name repeated along length of wrong side selvedge
label: Description
content: David Goetz was born in Lyons, France in 1844 and came to America in 1878. He was the son of a silk manufacturer and brought that trade with him. He worked with William Skinner and Sons in Florence and Holyoke, Massachusetts until 1892. At that point he opened Goetz Silk Manufacturing Company in Holyoke. It was active until about 1930.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Holyoke
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 Goetz Silk Manufacturing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01865.000
label: accession number
content: 57094
label: catalog number
content: T01865.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: warp, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: weft, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton back satin (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: satin weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm