Figured Dress Silks; Hamil & Booth, Paterson, NJ; 1882
date: label: date made
content: 1882
notes: label: Description
content: Two samples of 'silk brocade' dress goods; Woven by Hamil & Booth, Paterson, NJ, from American-grown silk; 1882. Given in 1882, by the Womens Silk Culture Association of the United States, whose office was at 1328 Chestnut St., Philadlephia, PA. The association acquired silk cocoons from 14 different states, reeled the silk from those cocoons at their offices, and commissioned Hamil & Booth, a silk manufacturer of Paterson, NJ, weave the silk into a dress goods.
label: Description
content: The all-silk fabric is Jacquard-woven figured satin, in a medium weight. Patterning combines naturalistic roses and foliage with vertical stripes representing lace banding. One sample shows the lace design in white and the rose in lavender, on a black ground; the other has the entire pattern in white on a black ground. A heavier weight sample of the same design, representing the dress length presented to the wife of President Garfield by the Women's Silk Culture Association, was also donated to the museum (T7449)
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 Silks
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Womens Silk Culture Association of the United States
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T07450.000
label: catalog number
content: T07450.000
label: accession number
content: 12204
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric samples
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)