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AMERICAN SILK 1830-1930 : Entrepreneurs & Artifacts : Signed By Jaqueline Field
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Item specifics
- Publication Year
- 1830
- Format
- Hardcover
- Book Title
- American SIlk
- ISBN
- 9780896725898
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Product Information
At one time America's silk industry was the largest in the world. Silk was late to be industrialized, well after cotton and wool. Nonetheless, nineteenth-century American entrepreneurs rapidly built a silk industry with levels of production once unimaginable.American Silk, 1830-1930 traces the evolution of the American silk industry through three compelling and very different case studies: the Nonotuck Silk Company of Northampton, Massachusetts; the Haskell Silk Company of Westbrook, Maine; and the Mallinson Silk Company of New York and Pennsylvania. The mills specialized in different products, from sewing-machine twist and embroidery threads to mass-produced plain silks and high fashion fabrics.The case studies span the development of the U.S. silk industry from its beginnings in the 1830s to its decline in the 1930s. Starting in the 1920s with the growth of rayon, the first of the synthetic imitators, the market share for silk shrank, and silk gradually returned to being a luxury at the top of the hierarchy of fabrics. But, for a time, American technological innovations and entrepreneurs succeeded in bringing the pleasure and aesthetic of silk within the reach of more people than ever before.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
ISBN-10
0896725898
ISBN-13
9780896725898
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53930414
Product Key Features
Language
English
Topic
Textile & Costume, Textiles & Costume, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Corporate & Business History, Design, Antiques & Collectibles, Business & Economics
Illustrator
Yes
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2in
Item Length
9in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
Series
Costume Society of America Ser.
Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Reviews
American Silk, 1830-1930: Entrepreneurs and Artifacts by Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal, and Madelyn Shaw was announced as winner of the 2008 Millia Davenport Publication Award at the Costume Society of America annual symposium in New Orleans on May 23. Through case studies of three pivotal companies, American Silk tells the little-known story of an American industry that thrived for a century and whose death knell was sounded only by the advent of rayon, the first of the silk-like synthetic fibers. (TechAnnounce 7/8/08) ""Part of the Costume Society of America Series, this book represents a major step toward involvement in the broader field of textile history."" -- Laurence F. Gross, Technology and Culture Fall 2008
Book Title
American Silk, 1830-1930 : Entrepreneurs and Artifacts
Lccn
2006-014189
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ts1655.U6f54 2007
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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