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Sample
1875-1925
Description
This red cotton fabric sample, manufactured in the late 19th or early 20th century, includes two original labels and the remnants of a third. The upper label features a logo of a German eagle and the text “Berlin / Turkey Red.” This vibrant shade of red, both popular and notoriously complicated to produce, had to be imported from Europe until domestic U.S. manufacturers first successfully produced the color in the 1860s. This object is one of a large group transferred to Winterthur from the American Textile History Museum when it closed in 2017.
Category
Textiles
Materials
- Cotton
- Paper
Museum Object Number
2017.0019.108.025
Credit Line/Donor
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Arthur D. Larson and Katharine Larson Kreiser
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Object Number
2017.0019.108.025
Object Name
Sample
Category
Textiles - American Textile History Museum Collection
Date
1875-1925
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: top
Inscription: BERLIN / TURKEY RED / TRADE MARK ADOPTED BY WM. SIMPSON, SONS & CO. 1874
Type: Label
Location: bottom
Inscription: GUARANTEED / OIL / COLOR / BEST EXTRA STANDARD CLOTH / 64 x 64 / TRADE MARK ADOPTED BY WM. SIMPSON, SONS & CO. 1874
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
- Paper
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
Dimensions (inches)
7 (W) x 24.75 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17.78 (W) x 62.865 (L)