Skein of knitting silk; "Mrs. Herzog's silk"

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/5ce41e1c0478fc3c80c435282fd448cf

Title

Skein of knitting silk; "Mrs. Herzog's silk"

Description

Skein of knitting silk. The original catalog card reads: "Knitting silk; 1 skein. Prepared from Mrs. Herzog's silk. Tiflis, Russian Caucasus. Natural Color."
The identity of Mrs. Herzog has not yet been determined. These are part of a display on silk and sericulture transferred from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, July 9, 1912.
Currently not on view

Subject

Textiles

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH-AHB2019q094394&max=150

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1910944&repo=DPLA

Subject

Textiles

Citation

“Skein of knitting silk; "Mrs. Herzog's silk",” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 12, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/26120.

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