Brainerd & Armstrong's Wash Silks Skein Holders, The Brainerd & Armstrong Silk Co., 151 Union Street, New London, Connecticut, 1895

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1895

GUSN

GUSN-270253

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Textiles
General
Textiles - General - Folder 5
Brainerd & Armstrong's Wash Silks Skein Holders, The Brainerd & Armstrong Silk Co., 151 Union Street, New London, Connecticut, 1895
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Textiles
    - General
      - Textiles - General - Folder 5
        Trade card for E.R. Mudge, Sawyer & Co., selling agents, 45 White Street, New York; 15 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass.; 230 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1874
        Label for Liberty, fabric, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Whitney, Macduff & Co., manufacturers of linen and cotton threads, Millbury, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Barretts' Dye House, 52 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated
        Label for Ventnor, No. 115, fabric, location unknown, undated
        Label for Miyamuraseishi, raw silk, Matsumoto, Japan, undated
        Trade card for Eureka Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Eureka Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Eureka Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Label for Crape de Pekin, fabric, location unknown, undated
        Label for Riverside Mills, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for unknown fabric dealer, location unknown, undated
        Label for Gold Medal Toilet Quilts, E.B. & Co., location unknown, undated
        Label for Silk Warp, fabric, location unknown, undated
        Label for Basque Quilting, fabric, location unknown, undated
        Label for Basque Quilting, fabric, location unknown, undated
        Label for Irvington Cambrics, location unknown, undated
        Label for Canton Flannels, location unknown, undated
        Sample for Lesher Mohairs, Lesher, Whitman & Co., Inc., sole distributors of smooth mohairs, 881-887 Broadway, New York City, New York, 1921
        Sample card for The Bernat Craft Yarn, Emile Bernat Co., handicraft yarns, Jamaica Plain, Mass., undated
        Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 20, August 1810
        Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 23, November 1810
        Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 24, December 1810
        Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 25, January 1811
        Brochure for Renfrew Devonshire Cloth, Renfrew-Yarn-Dyed-Fabrics, Renfrew Manufacturing Company, Adams, Mass., undated
        Brainerd & Armstrong's Wash Silks Skein Holders, The Brainerd & Armstrong Silk Co., 151 Union Street, New London, Connecticut, 1895 (current record)
        Diamond Dyes sample card of forty-five colors, Wells, Richardson & Co., proprietors, Burlington, Vermont, undated
        Label for unidentified textile material, embracing woman and man, location unknown, undated
        Diamond Dyes color card, Wells & Richardson Co., Inc., Burlington, Vermont, undated
        Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 28, April 1811

Description

The folder has slots for holding the Brainerd & Armstrong Skein Holders patented on September 10, 1895. The folder has 11 brown and white Brainerd Holders, some holding thread. A green and white holder is made by the Salter Silk Company with a patent date of May 29, 1906. The Salter Company is located in Boston, New York and Chicago.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
textile materials
silk (textile)
thread
needlework (visual works)
embroidery (visual works)
folders (containers)

Physical Description

1 folder ; 10 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.114.01.05.026

Image Dimensions

10 1/4 x 6 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, October 2000.

Places

New London (New London county, Connecticut)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

folders (containers)

Description Level

Item

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