Object Details
- Description
- Skein of "Emerald" green silk tram. A type of thrown silk usually used for weft yarns. Mfrs' tag reads: "Tram: Used for filling in ribbons and broad silks." [Filling is a synonym for weft.] One of 66 examples of silk yarns of various types, dyed in the skein.. Original sample # 22. From a group of 145 samples of silk fabrics and yarns of various types, weaves, uses, and origins donated in 1913 by the National Silk Dyeing Co., of Paterson, New Jersey (America's "Silk City"), which was one of the largest and most comprehensive silk dyeing and printing firms in the U.S.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- National Silk Dyeing Co.
- date made
- 1913
- Credit Line
- Gift of National Silk Dyeing Co.
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 6.985 cm x 37.465 cm
- Object Name
- silk skein
