Samuel Eiseman & Co., jacquard figured silk and cotton fabric sample; 1915.
Samuel Eiseman & Co., jacquard figured silk and cotton fabric sample; 1915.
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- Description
- Samuel Eiseman & Co., jacquard figured silk and cotton fabric sample; 1915. Jacquard figured dress silk. A cotton backed satin, having a silk warp and a combed cotton filling. Jacquard figured in a floral patttern. Length is 16 inches and the edges are frayed, cut unevenly. White ground with white floral design. The first material of its kind to be made in the state of New Hampshire.
- 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
- Founder - Samuel Eiseman
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Fabric Sample
- 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)
- cotton (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- jacquard woven, compound weave (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 36 in; 40.64 cm x 91.44 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02498.000
- accession number
- 58159
- catalog number
- T02498.000
- Credit Line
- Gift of Samuel Eiseman
- subject
- American Textile Industry
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- American Silk Industry
- American Textile Industry
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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