Skein of Japan tram silk in the raw; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1922
label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: National Silk Dyeing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: One skein of thrown silk: Three thread Japan tram in the raw. Tram yarn was used for weft or filling in woven goods and for knitting. Part of a donation of 63 samples representing the processes of silk skein-dyeing, and silk piece-dyeing and printing, given by the National Silk Dyeing Co of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1915. National Silk Dyeing Co., headquartered at 140 Market St., Paterson, NJ was formed from five silk dyeing firms in Peterson, NJ (Auger & Simon Silk Dyeing Company; Emil Geering Silk Dyeing Co., Knipscher & Maas Silk Dyeing Company, Kearns Brothers, and Gaede Silk Dyeing Co.) and a fifth company from Allentown, Pa. (Lotte Brothers under the leadership of Charles I. Auger. National Silk Dyeing immediately became one of the large silk dyeing conglomerates in the nation. It operated into the Great Depression but was eventually broken up and sold off.
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
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of National Silk Dyeing Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02794.000
label: catalog number
content: T02794.000
label: accession number
content: 58940
label: catalog number
content: T2794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Silk, Skein of
label: Object Name
content: silk skein
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thrown; raw (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 15 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 40.005 cm x 12.065 cm