American Silk, 1830-1930
Author | : Jacqueline Field |
Publisher | : Texas Tech University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780896725898 |
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"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.