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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Six skeins Japan tram silk, dyed; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Silk]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Textiles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[National Silk Dyeing Co]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Six skeins of thrown silk: eight thread Japan tram, dyed; National Silk Dyeing Co., 1915. Thrown silk: eight thread Japan Tram dyed--used in knitting hosiery, weaving braids, etc. Colors: pink, light blue, yellow red, green, and black. Part of a donation of 63 samples representing the processes of silk skein-dyeing, and silk piece-dyeing and printing, given by the National Silk Dyeing Co of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1915. National Silk Dyeing Co., headquartered at 140 Market St., Paterson, NJ was formed from five silk dyeing firms in Peterson, NJ (Auger &amp; Simon Silk Dyeing Company; Emil Geering Silk Dyeing Co., Knipscher &amp; Maas Silk Dyeing Company, Kearns Brothers, and Gaede Silk Dyeing Co.) and a fifth company from Allentown, Pa. (Lotte Brothers under the leadership of Charles I. Auger. National Silk Dyeing immediately became one of the large silk dyeing conglomerates in the nation. It operated into the Great Depression but was eventually broken up and sold off.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Currently not on view]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[National Silk Dyeing Co]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Smithsonian Institution]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1915]]></dcterms:date>
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