Silk skeins (3); Ombre-dyed, for weaving; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: National Silk Dyeing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Three ombre-dyed thrown silk skeins; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915. These three skeins of colored silks shade from light to dark. Placed in a box so as to show the arrangement of of the warp in the woven ombre fabric. Colors: Red, Green, brown. 3 boxes - one set of each color. 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 Silky 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.
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.T02815.A-C
label: accession number
content: 58940
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk skeins (3)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thrown, ombre-dyed (overall production method/technique)