Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1961.032.04 a-j
- Creator:
- Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, NH
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- 1875-1910
- Description:
- Swatches, Amoskeag, Black Wools and Silks, Some Colored, Some Bombazines, 10 Lots:
a. Black/brown figured -- black weft, brown warp.
b. Black figured.
c. Black/brown stripes -- black weft, brown warp.
d. Black stripes.
e. Black tabby -- plain silk and wool.
f. Brown tabby -- plain silk and wool.
g. Light weight figured.
h. Graphed - chalk marked.
i. Brown figured.
j. Miscellaneous colored.
Large collection of swatches of figured black fabrics:
.a: includes dobby weaves, marseilles, damasks, etc. Almost all of these swatches have a brown mercerized cotton warp and a black silk or wool weft. Some of the pieces are intended for mourning wear, including weaves that imitate the appearance of mourning crepe. There are approximately 320 total swatches.
.b: +/- 1,000 swatches of all-black figured weave fabric of mixed fibers, many of which are intended for mourning.
.c: 43 swatches of figured black fabrics, with brown warps and woven stripes.
.d: 101 swatches of figured black fabrics, with woven stripes.
.e: 2 swatches of plain-woven fabric, with black cotton warp and dark green wool weft, and 2 swatches of all-black fabric with chevron woven patterns.
.f: one swatch of black bombazine
.g: 31 swatches of black figured weaves, some sheer, of mixed fibers
.h: 87 swatches of mostly black weaves; all of these pieces have a white grid inked on them.
.i: 10 swatches of mostly brown figured weaves; some all cotton, most with mixed fibers.
.j: 73 miscellaneous swatches in various colors, mostly black but also purple (some appropriate for second mourning), gold, aqua, blue, green, white, and red. This bag also contains four swatches of black plain-woven fine wools with paper tags that indicate these were swatches from Amoskeag competitors ("Imported / mohair," etc.). - Material:
- Textile
Silk
Wool - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner L. King
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