Woman's suiting fabric; Lorraine Mfg Co. Rhode Island; 1940s-1953
date: label: date made
content: 1945 - 1953
name: label: maker
content: Lorraine Mfg. Co.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Lorraine Mfg Co. woman's wool suiting fabric in cinnamon brown fine twill weave gabardine. Probably dating from the late 1940s into the early 1950s (the company ceased operations in 1953.) Hang tag attached; also note 100% Virgin Wool. Manufacturers numbers: Style 4543; Color 311. 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. This collection illustrates the broad range of textiles, from around the world, that were available to and sought by home sewers and small businesses (such as dressmakers, tailors, and theatrical costume shops) that were avid patrons of fabric stores into the 1980s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Pawtucket
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: 2016.0213.20
label: accession number
content: 2016.0213
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0213.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave; yarn or piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 62 in; 87.63 cm x 157.48 cm