Stern and Pohly "Roman Plisse Epingle" apparel silk; 1914.
Stern and Pohly "Roman Plisse Epingle" apparel silk; 1914.
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- Description
- Stern and Pohly "Roman Plisse Epingle" silk fabric length; 1914. Trimming silk. Warp-faced rib weave with a crepe-like finish, with silk warp, silk and irregular flake cotton filling (weft). Woven on Knowles box loom. Adaptable for vestings, sashes and coat and jacket trimmings. Narrow stripes in several colors between wider blue and red stripes.
- Harry Stern and Joseph Pohly began business in the Cooke Mill in Paterson, NJ in 1897. They erected the Highland Mill, also in Paterson, in 1902, manufacturing novelty silks. In 1914, the company moved their sales offices to Fourth Street in the Garment District, in response to the change in the customer base from the retail market to the wholesale market, with the growth of ready-to-wear clothing for women. The company was sold in 1916 to the Durable Silk Corporation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Date made
- 1914
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey, Allentown
- Physical Description
- warp, silk (overall material)
- weft, silk and flake cotton (overall material)
- mahogany (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- gold (overall color)
- "roman plisse epingle" (overall style)
- Box loom woven (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 22 in; 91.44 cm x 55.88 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T01835.000
- catalog number
- T01835.000
- accession number
- 57064
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stern and Pohly
- subject
- American Textile Industry
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- American Silk Industry
- American Textile Industry
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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