A H Straus and Co 'Luxor Taffeta' dress silk, Peruvian design; 1917.
A H Straus and Co 'Luxor Taffeta' dress silk, Peruvian design; 1917.
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- Description
- A H Straus & Co 'Luxor Taffeta' dress silk, Peruvian-inspired allover design; 1917. Luxor taffeta. A lustrous reversible discharge printed fabric with the design taken from a woven tissue of ancient Peru. Shows fantastical geometric forms. Colors include green, cerise, gold, and blue on a black ground. Overall effect is of alternating wavy and zigzagging patterned horizontal bands.
- A. H. Straus and Co. was active in the 1910s and 1920s. The company was based in New York City and was a premier importer and manufacturer of printed silks. Many fabric lengths in this collection have prints copied from ancient textiles.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Date made
- 1917
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey, Allentown
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- green (overall color)
- cerise (overall color)
- gold (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- black ground (overall color)
- plain weave; discharge-printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 41 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02553.000
- accession number
- 61633
- catalog number
- T02553.000
- Credit Line
- Gift of A H Straus and Company
- subject
- American Textile Industry
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- 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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