Object Details
- Description
- American Woolen Co. all worsted mixture Suiting fabric sample in very dark gray, 1912
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- National and Providence Worsted Mills
- date made
- 1912
- Credit Line
- Gift of the American Woolen Co
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- very dark grey (overall color)
- woven (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 26 in x 9 in; x 66.04 cm x 22.86 cm
- Object Name
- fabric sample
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