Search Results for: silk

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	Boy's Suit 1957.02 19th century families who could afford to do so dressed boys in skirted outfits until the age of five.
	Cold Water Pledge insignia c. 1830 L05.076 At first, the temperance movement sought only to eliminate the use of hard liquor, but over time it advocating drinking only "cold water" thereby forbidding the use of beer, wine and hard cider, as well.
	Remnant of Burgoyne's flag 1777 1880.027.01 Colonel Hugh Maxwell of Charlemont, Massachusetts, received this fragment of one of the British flags captured when General John Burgoyne surrendered his army at Saratoga, New York, in 1777.
	Black silk skeins 2000 M.02 Fine or decorative sewing sometimes required silk thread that was sold in skeins like these.
	Christening Blanket 1775 1897.13 The blanket, approximately three feet by four feet, and woven of silk damask, was used for the christening of the children of Elijah and Hannah Dwight who married in 1774 in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
	Bobbin Lace c. 1820 1881.028.03 In the early 19th century, silk lace like this would made for decorative use on a women's dresses and accessories.
	Raw Silk c. 1836 1901.05 This bundle of raw silk would be turned into silk thread.

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