"Traces the American silk industry, once the world's largest, through case studies of the Nonotuck (Northampton, Massachusetts), Haskell (Westbrook, Maine), and Mallinson (New York and Pennsylvania) silk companies. Examines entrepreneurs as well as history of technology and products from sewing-machine thread to mass-produced plain and high-fashion silks"--Provided by publisher.
Series
1 released bookCostume Society of America Series is a 1-book series first released in 2007 with contributions by Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal, and Madelyn Shaw.
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