The Shelton Looms "Glamorsheen" novelty pile fabric
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Shelton Looms "Glamorsheen" novelty pile fabric. A lightweight fabric similar to chiffon velvet with a very short artificial silk cut pile. The prismatic colors are printed on in shaded stripes made up of pin-like dots which produce a very large "invisible" plaid pattern. The surface of this fabric has been pressed flat, giving a metallic-like lustre. Width 52". No sample length noted. Mfr # 50402E 3/8; color 313. One of a group of pile fabrics giiven by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc, owner and operator of The Shelton Looms, Shelton, CT, noted American pile fabric manufacturer.
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: American Textile Industry
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content: Velvet & Plush 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.T04244.000
label: catalog number
content: T04244.000
label: accession number
content: 66732
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: artificial silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 52 in; 91.44 cm x 132.08 cm