Wm. Skinner and A. Sulka necktie fabric sample; Jeep design; 1945
date: label: date made
content: 1945
notes: label: Description
content: Wm. Skinner and A. Sulka necktie fabric sample; Jeep design; 1945. Same fabric used to make neck tie, T09141.002.; Off-color jacquard-figured crepe after steaming, and showing the application of color screen. Fabric maker's pattern No. 1958. Men's printed necktie fabric; Viscose rayon crepe jacquard; 1945. World War II Jeep design. Thread provided by William Skinner and Sons in Holyoke, MA, Screen printing and weaving by A. Sulka & Company. Screen printed red figures, green Jeep, and dark blue background forming pattern no. 9158 small army automobile. Same fabric as T-9137 after steaming. Satin circles on fabric.
label: Description
content: William Skinner emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1843, finding work as silk dyer. He eventually opened his own silk manufacturing company, the Unquomonk Silk Co., making silk threads and yarns for weaving and sewing. In 1874, the mill was destroyed when the Mill River Dam gave way. Skinner moved his company a few miles away, to Holyoke, Massachusetts, and rebuilt the mill, expanding production to include woven fabrics (Skinner satins were nationally famous) and silk braids. He ran the company until his death in 1902, and the firm stayed in the family, and remained in operation in Holyoke, until 1961, when his heirs sold it to Indian head Mills, which immediately closed the Holyoke operation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Holyoke
topic: label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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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: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William Skinner & Sons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T09141.001
label: accession number
content: 170051
label: catalog number
content: T09141.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: viscose rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: screen printed; jacquard woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in; 96.52 cm