Schiffli embroidered band trimming; Alpha Embroidery Co.; 1920-25
date: label: date made
content: 1920 - 1925
name: label: maker
content: Alpha Embroidery Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Embroidered Cambric Banding; Schiffli embroidery reproduction of Hungarian hand-embroidery. Conventionalized bird and floral pattern executed with colored cotton (tan, yellow, blue, &black) on white cambric. Based on an original collected in Budapest by Mr. Stewart Culin for the Brooklyn Institute Museum.
label: Description
content: Part of a group of Schiffli machine embroidered trimmings, primarily for apparel, manufactured by Alpha Embroidery Co. of New Jersey, many of which imitated hand embroidered national and regional styles, including from China and parts of Europe. The firm's designers used the Brooklyn Institute Museum to research original examples, which were copied or from which they drew inspiration. The products were sold in foreign markets in competition with the native hand work, as well as in the U.S.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey
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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 Blanck & Co. Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05070.000
label: catalog number
content: T05070.000
label: accession number
content: 86090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidery, Machine
label: Object Name
content: band trimming
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in; 19.05 cm