Furnishing fabric length, selvage inscription: "Crystal Damask" An Exclusive Schumacher Screen Print/ Copyright F. Schumacher & Co. A Fiberglas Decorative Screen Print" Design of a large floral medallion in olive green on light green ground.
Length of Botany Worsted Mills "Botany Serge" dress fabric, 1924. Soft, supple, lightweight twill weave wool fabric. Color: #616, Men's blue (midnight). 54" wide. One of ten samples of worsted dress goods donated by Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, New Jersey in October 1924.
Length of Botany Worsted Mills coating fabric, "Boutine", 1924. Soft, medium weight wool fabric having a closely shorn napped face. Color #203, Almond. One of ten samples of worsted dress goods donated by Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, New Jersey in October 1924.
Length of Botany Worsted Mills "Botany Flannel" dress fabric, 1924. A lightweight, smooth finish, twill weave worsted wool cloth; dress weight. Color #671 "Banana" (yellow). 54" wide. One of 10 specimens of worsted dress goods donated in October 1924 by Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, New Jersey.
Sample length of Goodall-Sanford Inc., women's Palm Beach suiting, 1951. Summer weight suiting in mohair and rayon, in a light aqua color, styled for women.
Part of a gift of 14 fabric samples and 11 fiber samples by Goodall-Sanford Inc., Sanford, Maine, to illustrate "Fiber Blending for Better Performance", in September 1951. The Goodall Worsted Company (maker of the mohair and cotton blend fabric "Palm Beach Cloth"), and the Sanford Mills (maker of mohair and wool velvets, plushes, and imitation fur fabrics) merged in 1944 to form Goodall-Sanford Inc. Palm Beach cloth was a menswear summer staple, and was one of the first fabrics considered "easy-care", although both its components were natural fibers. This donation illustrates some of the company's other efforts at blending fibers, in this case natural and synthetic blends. Goodall-Sanford's sales headquarters were at 545 Madison Avenue, NY 22, NY.
Sample length of Goodall-Sanford Inc. lightweight suiting known as "Springweave"; Tropical weight suiting fabric made of unique blend of wool, mohair, rayon, and nylon. Very narrow woven stripe pattern in black and gray.
Part of a gift of 14 fabric samples and 11 fiber samples by Goodall-Sanford Inc., Sanford, Maine, to illustrate "Fiber Blending for Better Performance", in September 1951. The Goodall Worsted Company (maker of the mohair and cotton blend fabric "Palm Beach Cloth"), and the Sanford Mills (maker of mohair and wool velvets, plushes, and imitation fur fabrics) merged in 1944 to form Goodall-Sanford Inc. Palm Beach cloth was a menswear summer staple, and was one of the first fabrics considered "easy-care", although both its components were natural fibers. This donation illustrates some of the company's other efforts at blending fibers, in this case natural and synthetic blends. Goodall-Sanford's sales headquarters were at 545 Madison Avenue, NY 22, NY.
American Woolen Co. fancy worsted fabric samples, 1912.Coarse fancy worsted; 1/2 worsted; skein dyed;12 samples, bound with black tape by machine. Colors: 1- Navy, 2- Black, 3 & 4- Brown & Black, 5- Grey, Black & White, 6- Brown, 7 & 8- Grey, Black, White, 9- Black & Grey, 10- Black & Navy, 11- Brown & Tan, 12- Brown & Black.
Manufactured by the National and Providence Worsted Mills, Providence, RI. The Providence and National Worsted Mills, founded in Rhode Island in the 1870s, were originally two companies owned by Charles Fletcher, one a spinning and one a weaving mill for working with worsted yarns. Fletcher amalgamated the two companies into one in 1893, and then sold this company to the large Lawrence-based American Woolen Company in 1899. When the Lawrence mill workers struck against pay cuts in 1912 (the Bread and Roses strike), the American Woolen Company was one of the firms affected. The Rhode Island mills, however, did not strike.
Sample of carded China cotton fiber; Wonalancet Co.; 1913. CARDED CHINA COTTON. Machined after carding for use by woolen mills. The bulk of such cotton is used in blankets, dressgoods, felts etc. The roughest of all cottons grown, it has but lately been introduced into the United States. The first bale of raw China cotton was brought into the U.S. in 1905 by this company. Last year 1912 the imports of cotton from China amounted to about 6,000,000 lbs. [per 1913 Accession folder information]
The cost and long supply chain of wool imports into the US (which did not produce enough wool to meet domestic demand during the heyday of the American woolen industry) led manufacturers to explore substitutes and additives. Specific strains of Peruvian and Chinese cotton were exploited for this purpose, as being "wool-like" in staple length and feel.
The Wonalancet Co. was incorporated in 1905 by Harry Harmon Blunt in Nashua, NH. The company imported cotton from Piura and Lima, Peru, and from China; it was in existence at least into the mid 1970s.
Sample length of Goodall-Sanford Inc. upholstery and/or drapery fabric; 1951. A medium blue shade, in a blend of cotton, rayon and mohair used to provide texture interest and richer colors.
Part of a gift of 14 fabric samples and 11 fiber samples by Goodall-Sanford Inc., Sanford, Maine, to illustrate "Fiber Blending for Better Performance", in September 1951. The Goodall Worsted Company (maker of the mohair and cotton blend fabric "Palm Beach Cloth"), and the Sanford Mills (maker of mohair and wool velvets, plushes, and imitation fur fabrics) merged in 1944 to form Goodall-Sanford Inc. Palm Beach cloth was a menswear summer staple, and was one of the first fabrics considered "easy-care", although both its components were natural fibers. This donation illustrates some of the company's other efforts at blending fibers, in this case natural and synthetic blends. Goodall-Sanford's sales headquarters were at 545 Madison Avenue, NY 22, NY.
Arlington Mills worsted fabric process sample, 1940. Very dark navy blue wool; herringbone twill weave; Process label reads: "Worsted Goods After Coloring and Crabbing"l". Knots in the thread on the worng side and many slits close to the selvages; 28" x 30" - with a 4x5 cut off one corner. [Originally part of an Arlington Woolen Mills process display board; dismantled, probably before 1980.]
Crabbing and coloring were processes in finishing woven wool cloth when it came from the loom.
Arlington Mills, successor to Arlington Woolen Mills, was one of the premier woolen and worsted companies in the US for many decades. The mills were in and around Lawrence, MA, and company headquarters was in Boston. American manufacturers of woolen and worsted yarns and of woven and knitted textiles relied on both American-grown wool and on imports of raw wool and partially processed wool fiber, called "tops", American growers never produced more than about half the raw wool needed by the American manufacturing sector.
Sample length of Goodall-Sanford, Inc. women's coating fabric, undyed and unbleached, natural color; 1951. Wool and mohair blend adds resilience, durability, and lustre to this fabric meant for women's coats.
Part of a gift of 14 fabric samples and 11 fiber samples by Goodall-Sanford Inc., Sanford, Maine, to illustrate "Fiber Blending for Better Performance", in September 1951. The Goodall Worsted Company (maker of the mohair and cotton blend fabric "Palm Beach Cloth"), and the Sanford Mills (maker of mohair and wool velvets, plushes, and imitation fur fabrics) merged in 1944 to form Goodall-Sanford Inc. Palm Beach cloth was a menswear summer staple, and was one of the first fabrics considered "easy-care", although both its components were natural fibers. This donation illustrates some of the company's other efforts at blending fibers, in this case natural and synthetic blends. Goodall-Sanford's sales headquarters were at 545 Madison Avenue, NY 22, NY.
Sample length of Goodall-Sanford Inc. commercial-use upholstery fabric in blue, using wool, mohair, and vicara. Commercial upholstery requires a completely different blending of fibers than that in home-use upholstery.
Part of a gift of 14 fabric samples and 11 fiber samples by Goodall-Sanford Inc., Sanford, Maine, to illustrate "Fiber Blending for Better Performance", in September 1951. The Goodall Worsted Company (maker of the mohair and cotton blend fabric "Palm Beach Cloth"), and the Sanford Mills (maker of mohair and wool velvets, plushes, and imitation fur fabrics) merged in 1944 to form Goodall-Sanford Inc. Palm Beach cloth was a menswear summer staple, and was one of the first fabrics considered "easy-care", although both its components were natural fibers. This donation illustrates some of the company's other efforts at blending fibers, in this case natural and synthetic blends. Goodall-Sanford's sales headquarters were at 545 Madison Avenue, NY 22, NY.
American Woolen Co. All-worsted Cheviot fabric samples, 1912. Very dark blue, piece dyed. Manufactured by the National and Providence Worsted Mills, Providence, RI.
The Providence and National Worsted Mills, founded in Rhode Island in the 1870s, were originally two companies owned by Charles Fletcher, one a spinning and one a weaving mill for working with worsted yarns. Fletcher amalgamated the two companies into one in 1893, and then sold this company to the large Lawrence-based American Woolen Company in 1899. When the Lawrence mill workers struck against pay cuts in 1912 (the Bread and Roses strike), the American Woolen Company was one of the firms affected. The RHode Island mills, however, did not strike.
Sample of carded Peruvian full rough, white cotton fiber; Wonalancet Co., NH; 1913. CARDED #1 FULL ROUGH WHITE PERUVIAN COTTON. Machined after carding and prepared for use of woolen and worsted mills, for mixing with wool. The bulk of Peruvian cotton is sold to woolen mills, either in the raw or carded state. [per 1913 Accession folder information]
The cost and long supply chain of wool imports into the US (which did not produce enough wool to meet domestic demand during the heyday of the American woolen industry) led manufacturers to explore substitutes and additives. Specific strains of Peruvian and Chinese cotton were exploited for this purpose, as being "wool-like" in staple length and feel.
The Wonalancet Co. was incorporated in 1905 by Harry Harmon Blunt in Nashua, NH. The company imported cotton from Piura and Lima, Peru, and from China; it was in existence at least into the mid 1970s.
Sample of Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc. silk furnishing velvet, 1915. All silk, machine made pile fabric used for draperies and upholstery. Color: green. Width: 50"
Sample of Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc. lightweight silk drapery velvet, 1915. All silk, machine made pile fabric used for draperies. Color: crimson. Width: 50"
"Highland" fabric sample; by Charles Morris for Tilbury Fabrics; 1974. Selvage inscription: "UP GUARANTEED SCREEN PRINT__CHETLEY ORIGINALS" Plaid design; given name "Highland"; 8 screens (colors/pattern); stripes of brown & golds are printed over each other to form the "textural" pattern; black, gold, brown, chocolate brown, rust & celery. Designer: Charles Morris
Length of Botany Worsted Mills "Repingle" dress fabric, 1924. A fine, lightweight wool rep (warp-faced rib weave) similar to poplin, but much finer. Color: #616, "Men's BLue (midnight blue) 54" wide. One of 10 specimens of worsted dress goods donated in October 1924 by Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, New Jersey.
th of Botany Worsted Mills dress fabric, "Drurylane", 1924. Very lightweight wool fabric with an almost indistinguishable weft rib. Color #715, Mandarine. 54" wide. One of ten samples of worsted dress goods donated by Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, New Jersey in October 1924.
Length of Botany Worsted Mills dress fabric, "Marchan", 1924. Soft, supple, lightweight wool fabric with a twilled warp face, resembling venetian cloth. Color: 629, Muskrat. 54" wide. One of ten samples of worsted dress goods donated by Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, New Jersey in October 1924.
