Skein of Japan organzine silk, in the raw; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: National Silk Dyeing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: One skein of thrown silk - Two thread Japan silk organzine in the raw. Organzine was usually used as a warp thread in fine silks because of its fineness, evenness, and strength. Part of a donation of 63 samples representing the processes of silk skein-dyeing, and silk piece-dyeing and printing, given by the National Silk Dyeing Co of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1915.
label: Description
content: National Silk Dyeing Co., headquartered at 140 Market St., Paterson, NJ was formed from five silk dyeing firms in Peterson, NJ (Auger & Simon Silk Dyeing Company; Emil Geering Silk Dyeing Co., Knipscher & Maas Silk Dyeing Company, Kearns Brothers, and Gaede Silk Dyeing Co.) and a fifth company from Allentown, Pa. (Lotte Brothers under the leadership of Charles I. Auger. National Silk Dyeing immediately became one of the large silk dyeing conglomerates in the nation. It operated into the Great Depression but was eventually broken up and sold off.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Paterson
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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: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of National Silk Dyeing Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02792.000
label: catalog number
content: T02792.000
label: accession number
content: 58940
label: catalog number
content: T2792
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk skein, organzine
label: Object Name
content: silk, skein
label: Object Name
content: silk skein
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thrown (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 16 in; 4.7625 cm x 13.335 cm x 40.64 cm