Star Ribbon Mfg. Co.; Sample length of 'Doupe Edge" ribbon weaving; 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Silk and cotton ribbon fabric (Star Ribbon Mfg. Co., Co. HQ address: 462-464 Broadway, New York, NY; Mill address: 45-55 Mill St. Astoria, LI, NY), showing one end with the cut ribbons (230 ribbons wide, 1 yd. length). This article was not made on a ribbon loom, but was made by first weaving a broad fabric with what is called a doupe edge. This fabric contains about 20 per cent silk by weight and the balance cotton, silk chief value. It is cut into strips or ribbons. In this fabric at intervals representing the width of the desired ribbon a binding edge is woven, then a thread is omitted, leaving the fabric in such condition that it can readily cut into strips or ribbons.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Astoria
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Star Ribbon Mfg. Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T1137
label: catalog number
content: T1137
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 1137
label: accession number
content: 56264
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Ribbon