Marcel Blanc plaid woolen fabric with self fringe; France; 1960-80
date: label: date made
content: 1950 - 1975
name: label: maker
content: Les Tissus Marcel Blanc
notes: label: Description
content: A length of twill weave plaid woolen fabric with an unwoven band along one selvage finished to be used as a fringe and cut-off fringe band. Made in France, Les Tissus Marcel Blanc, Paris. 100% Worsted wool. Greens, rust, purple, yellow, and tan. A hangtag with "Texstyle Engineering, New Jersey" is attached. This is the name of one of Seymour Rappoport's textile businesses. One of 27 textile lengths dating from the 1950s into the 1980s, part of a collection owned by Seymour Rappoport, who owned two fabric stores himself, and whose father owned a silk-dyeing firm in Paterson, NJ. in the early 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marjorie and Seymour Rappoport
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0213.23
label: accession number
content: 2016.0213
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0213.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave; plaid (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 1/2 in x 56 in; 138.43 cm x 142.24 cm