Samuel Eiseman & Co., silk shirting fabric; 1915.
Samuel Eiseman & Co., silk shirting fabric; 1915.
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- Samuel Eiseman silk plain weave shirting fabric length; 1915. Wash silk shirting. A striped plain weave silk, having narrow satin weave stripes. May be laundered without injury to the fabric. Some light staining throughout. Pink stripes are 0.25 inches wide and 1.5 inches from each other. Five thin white satin stripes separate the pink stripes and the pink stripes are bordered with white stripes. Thin and light. Used to make shirts and blouses.
- Previous name of the company was Eiseman Bros. from 1881-1898. The trade name was – SECO – acronym for Samuel Eiseman & Co.. It was a silk dress goods sales agency and converter, which also operated mills in New Hampshire. Goods were sold through the headquarters and sales offices in New York City. The company dissolved in the early 1930s. Founder - Samuel Eiseman
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Date made
- 1915
- maker
- Samuel Eiseman & Co., Inc.
- place made
- United States: New Hampshire, Newmarket
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey, Allentown
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- pink (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- satin striped plain weave (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02496.000
- accession number
- 58159
- catalog number
- T02496.000
- Credit Line
- Gift of Samuel Eiseman
- subject
- American Textile Industry
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- American Textile Industry
- American Silk Industry
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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