American silk, 1830-1930 : entrepreneurs and artifacts / Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal, Madelyn Shaw.

Title:

American silk, 1830-1930 : entrepreneurs and artifacts / Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal, Madelyn Shaw.

Author:

Field, Jacqueline.

Call Number:

338.4 F453

Publication Information:

Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2007.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 326 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Description:

"Traces the American silk industry, once the world's largest, through case studies of the Nonotuck (Northampton, Massachusetts), Haskell (Westbrook, Maine), and Mallinson (New York and Pennsylvania) silk companies. Examines entrepreneurs as well as history of technology and products from sewing-machine thread to mass-produced plain and high-fashion silks"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

Silk industry History 19th century. United States , Silk industry History 20th century. United States

People:

Senechal, Marjorie. , Shaw, Madelyn.

Terms of Use:

Please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase; December 12, 2012;