Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Shelton Looms transparent velvet, "La Loie Silvel", 1928
date: label: date made
content: 1929
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Length of Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Shelton Looms, printed transparent velvet, "La Loie Silvel", 1928. Rayon pile, silk ground. 38" Wide. Short cut pile in white, very lustrous, on a chiffon or georgette weight open plain weave silk ground, which has been printed on the reverse with a stylized Deco floral against a jagged color-blocked ground, in pastel shades of blue, green, yellow, pink, and lavender.. This gives a frosted effect on the surface. Transparent velvets with rayon pile were advertised as 'uncrushable', and were commonly used for afternoon and evening gowns and wraps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05727.000
label: catalog number
content: T05727.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, cut pile, printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in; 96.52 cm