History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) (1922)
Boston : Frank P. Bennett · leaf 255
time such silk as \vas used in this countrycame for the most part from England andFrance, for the silk manufacturing industryhere was still in its infancy. Sewing silk w^asmade in a few mills, but that was about asfar as the industry had progressed. In 1848 Mr. Skinner began the dyeingof silk in… … ^ ^ffi^sWSl^^j III wt ^^■iiiiiliil U Mills cf William Skinner & Sons, Holycke, Mas known and trusted wherever silks and satinsare sold or worn—the head of the famousold Indian chieftain, Unquomonk, of theAgawam tribe, which formerly inhabitedwestern Massachusetts. A watchful sentinel,it has…
Textile industry -- United States · Textile fabrics -- United States
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