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Sample
1900-1950
Description
This is a black, twill weave cotton sample with a paper label attached to one end. The names on the label, “Oppy Brand” and “Brand & Oppenheimer,” are probably not the manufacturers of the fabric but rather commission merchants. Commission merchants worked to link textile mills with markets in large cities in exchange for a share – their commission – of the sales. 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
2017.0019.108.026
Credit Line/Donor
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Arthur D. Larson and Katharine Larson Kreiser
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Object Number
2017.0019.108.026
Object Name
Sample
Category
Textiles - American Textile History Museum Collection
Date
1900-1950
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: near edge
Inscription: OPPY BRAND / 36" / Quality BRADFORD / Color Sulphur Black Lot No. 8406 / BRAND & OPPENHEIMER / INCORPORATED / 229 FOURTH AVE. NEW YORK
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
- Paper
Techniques
- Woven (twill)
Dimensions (inches)
35.5 (W) x 36.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
90.17 (W) x 92.71 (L)