Cloth fragment

Object Name:

Cloth fragment

Object ID:

1958.006.07 a-d

Creator:

Hale & Kiburn Manufacturing Co.Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Date:

1890-1905

Description:

Upholstery. Four fragments used for seat covers for a walkover seat on a railroad passenger car. Manufactured by Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, PA, for the Boston and Maine Railroad. Velvet with cut and uncut pile floral pattern, woven with black cotton and supplementary warps of green mohair.
a. 46" x 28.5. Three-piece construction. Two 37" x 4.25" strips seamed 0.25' with matching wire-wrapped piping stiched in between to each side of a 46" x 20" panel. All corners cut away.
b. 46.5" x 28". Three-piece construction of two different non-patterned dark green mohair velvet fragments measuring 4.25" x 18.5", seamed 0.5" with machine stitches to each end of a 38" x 28" panel of the floral cut/uncut velvet. Square fragments cut away from all corners. Nail hole punctures along two edges. Floral decoration almost completely worn away, indicating fragment is possibly the seat part of the chair. Nail punctures along all four edges.
c. 44" x 28". Single panel with all four corners cut away. Nail punctures along all edges.
d. 44" x 28". Single panel construction; 5.5" x 5" triangles cut away from each corner. Nail punctures along all four sides. Previous repair of 3" horizontal thread with black cotton thread 2" up from one edge. One 3" area of previous repair 2" up from one edge. Nail punctures along all four edges.

Material:

Textile
Angora
Cotton

Metal

Dimensions:

W-44 L-28 inches

Provenance:

Produced by Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, PA, for seating on a Boston and Maine Railroad passenger car.

Credit Line:

Gift of James C. Bingham

People:

Bingham, James C. (1895-1979)

Subjects:

Velvet, Mohair, Flowers, Upholstery, Trains, Railroad cars, Transportation