"Cameo Stripe" silk suiting
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Victory Silk Company
notes: label: Description
content: Length of silk suiting: An all silk fabric in a broken twill (herringbone) weave having a black warp and an alternating red and green filling (weft). originated by John G Bentley, for men's wear.
label: Description
content: The alternating red and green weft yarns blend visually to give the effect of a brown fabric, but in cross light the two colors are visible, giving texture, depth, and luster to the narrow herringbone stripe. Finer yarns used in this cloth than used in related silk suiting by the same firm, T2761 or T2762.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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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 Victory Silk Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02760
label: catalog number
content: T02760.000
label: accession number
content: 58809
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: broken twill weave; color effect (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm