Object Details
- referenced
- Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt
- Sussex Print Works
- Description
- Sussex Print Works, 1915. Silk dress goods printed in black on white with a variation (S-225) of an "ant and swallow" design taken from the family crest of the Bolling family in England, in honor of the marriage of President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt. This variation has closely spaced black stripes with rows of coin dots in a half drop repeat - black ants in white circles and white birds in black circles.The use of strict black and white reflects the fact that color dyes were scarce due to the blockade of Germany by British ships during WWI. German firms were the primary holders of dye and colorant patents, , and the blockade created a critical shortage of dyestuffs in the still-neutral United States in 1915-1916. When the US entered the war in 1917, on the British side, the German dye patents were seized and turned over to American manufacturers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sussex Print Works, Newton, NJ
- 1915
- ID Number
- TE.T02958
- accession number
- 59282
- catalog number
- T02958.000
- Object Name
- fabric length
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- white ground (overall color)
- plain weave (overall production method/technique)
- cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newton
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- Bolling Crest Dress Silks
- American Silk Industry
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- World War I
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1164517
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-fb0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
