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| Management number | 19397472 | Release Date | 2025/10/23 | List Price | $38.87 | Model Number | 19397472 | ||
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Vintage Midcentury Wamsutta Mills Cotton Barkcloth Retro Bold and Trippy Floral Fabric. 3.09 sq yds. Fabric is 44 inches wide and 91 inches in length. The fabric is a fantastic red and white with an overprint of ivory on the white flowers. RARE find. Fine cotton fabric made in the USA. NOTE: there is some surface dirt from long-term storage. There is no fading. Please see all photos as they are an important part of the description.
Founded by Thomas Bennett, Jr. on the banks of the Acushnet River in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1846 and opened in 1848, Wamsutta Mills was named after Wamsutta, the son of a Native American chief who negotiated an early alliance with the English settlers of the Plymouth Colony. It was the first of many textile mills in New Bedford, and gradually led to cotton textile manufacturing overtaking whaling as the town's principal industry by the 1870s.
Wamsutta Mills became well known for producing fine quality shirting, sheeting and other fine cotto
| Category | Vintage & collectibles > Supplies > Fabric |
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| Size | N/A |
| Brand | Wamsutta |
| Condition | Like new |
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