Name/Title
American silk, 1830-1930 : entrepreneurs and artifactsEntry/Object ID
TS1655.U6.F54Description
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.Collection
Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg LLC CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
silk industry, silk industry--united states, silk--history, textile industry--united statesBook Details
Author
Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal, Madelyn ShawPublisher
Texas Tech University PressDate Published
2007Call No.
TS1655.U6.F54ISBN
896725898, 9780896725898LCCN
2006014189Notes
Length: 326