Duplan Silk Corp. figured novelty crepe, 1921
date: label: Date made
content: 1921
notes: label: Description
content: Duplan Silk Corp. figured novelty crepe, 1921. Figured novelty crepe, woven at the Duplan mill in Hazelton, Pa. Silk crepe fabric with lustrous face, having an allover pattern which combines a satin warp figure and an extra-weft artificial silk figure. This differs from T04257.000 in that the extra artificial silk weft is more closely woven in on the back of the fabric.
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: Pennsylvania, Hazleton
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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 the Duplan Silk Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04258.000
label: accession number
content: 66772
label: catalog number
content: TT004258.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: artificial silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: turquoise ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: crepe (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: compound satin weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 40 in; 45.72 cm x 101.6 cm