Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Shelton Looms "La Loie Silvel" transparent velvet, 1928
date: label: date made
content: 1928
notes: label: Description
content: Length of soft, drapy lightweight pile fabric known as "La Loie Silvel". This example is in midnight blue; solid cut pile, very llustrous, and a chiffon or georgette weight silk backing. The short, erect pile of the surface is of rayon; the ground is an open plain weave made with warp and weft of tightly twisted silk yarn. Transparent or chiffon velvets with a rayon pile were advertised as 'uncrushable'. It was used for evening dresses and wraps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Blumenthal & Company, Inc
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05725.A-B
label: accession number
content: 100332
label: catalog number
content: T05725.A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
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content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: a = dark blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: b = golden corn (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: transparent velvet (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 1/2 in x 38 in; 90.17 cm x 96.52 cm