Henry Kupfer & Co., selling agent, Fancy printed cotton velveteen, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
notes: label: Description
content: Sample two yard length of cotton velveteen, solid cut pile, close cut; printed on black with silver pigment in a design of Asian-inspired clusters of leaves, wisteria; tossed layout. Length of fancy printed cotton velveteen, 1914. 23" width Donated by Henry Kupfer & Co. 20-26 Greene St., NYC, NY, a dry goods commission house. Kupfer was taken over in 1915, the year after this donation, by Crompton Mills (later Crompton-Richmond Co.) manufacturer of cotton corduroys and velvets: these samples may have been made by Crompton, whose mill at this date was in Rhode Island, but the accession file does not detail the manufacturer..
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: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry Kupfer & Co
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01334.000
label: catalog number
content: T01334.000
label: accession number
content: 56854
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave; velveteen; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 23 in; 182.88 cm x 58.42 cm