A H Straus & Co printed silk charmeuse length; "Suffrage Victory"; 1915.
A H Straus & Co printed silk charmeuse length; "Suffrage Victory"; 1915.
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- Description
- A H Straus & Co. printed silk charmeuse fabric length; 1915. A lining silk, thin and smooth: "The Suffrage Victory" commemorative charmeuse satin, printed with a copyrighted design of the suffrage colors, yellow in combination with black, white, purplish-gray, and brown in small solid checks.3.5 checks per inch with a three inch repeat. Edges are frayed. Print continues onto selvedge edge. Cylinder printed.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Date made
- 1915
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey, Allentown
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- brown, purple (overall color)
- satin weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02849.000
- accession number
- 58970
- catalog number
- T02849.000
- Credit Line
- Gift of A H Straus and Company
- subject
- Women's Suffrage
- 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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