American Woolen Co. kersey fabric samples, 1912
date: label: date made
content: 1912
notes: label: Description
content: American Woolen Co. kersey overcoating fabric samples (2), 1912. A. Midnight blue; B. Black. B has a 3" x 3" cut from corner. Sample edges are pinked. Kersey is a mid-weight twill weave. Produced by American Woolen Co's National & Providence Worsted Mills.
label: Description
content: The Providence and National Worsted Mills, founded in Rhode Island in the 1870s, were originally two companies owned by Charles Fletcher, one a spinning and one a weaving mill for working with worsted yarns. Fletcher amalgamated the two companies into one in 1893, and then sold this company to the large Lawrence-based American Woolen Company in 1899. When the Lawrence mill workers struck against pay cuts in 1912 (the Bread and Roses strike), the American Woolen Company was one of the firms affected. The Rhode Island mills, however, did not strike.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The American Woolen Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T00258.A-B
label: accession number
content: 54882
label: catalog number
content: T0258.A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric samples
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: a - very dark blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: b - black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 26 in; 45.72 cm x 66.04 cm