Collins & Aikman mercerized cotton upholstery velour, 1929
date: label: date made
content: 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of Collins & Aikman mercerized cotton upholstery velour, 1929. One of two samples of the same fabric, this one in plum (the other in rust-brown) Heavy, closely-woven solid cut pile fabric, with a short pile pressed flat to give it a smooth, suede-like finish. Half width.
label: Description
content: Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Velvet & Plush Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Collins & Aikman Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T06016.00A
label: catalog number
content: T06016.00A
label: accession number
content: 105758
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Upholstery
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plum (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, cut pile, panned (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in; 90.17 cm x 67.31 cm