Belding Brothers & Co. Color Card, "New Process Wash Embroidery Silks"
date: label: date made
content: 1897-1898
name: label: maker
content: Belding Bros. & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Belding Brothers & Co. Color Card, for "New Process Wash Embroidery Silks" - "Miniature" color card, Belding Bros. & Co. SIlk Manufactures. "Phoenician dyes Fast Colors For Complete Artistic Effects"
label: Description
content: Booklet with tan buckram(?) cover and two interior pages of text and two pages of embroidery yarn color samples mounted in paper. Annotated in pencil with color names and other notes. The text refers to the 1897-98 edition of a Belding Bros. publication. This was meant to aid embroiderers in selecting shades for their work, but the silks had to be ordered from retailers - Belding Bros. did not sell to individuals, according to the interior text.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan
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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 Miss Faye M. Bailey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14421D
label: catalog number
content: T14421.00D
label: accession number
content: 274320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Yarn, Embroidery, Color Card
label: Object Name
content: Color card, embroidery silks
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 10.5 cm; 6 11/16 in x 4 1/8 in