NRA Code Candlewick Bedspread [placard]
Object · not yet checked at the source
- Made by
- Made for: National Recovery Administration
- Date
- 1934
- Held by
- National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Number
- 2001.0312.065 (Patent number: Des. 90793)
- Materials
- cardboard
- Size
- 14 in x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
- Themes
- Machine tufting & Dalton, Trade catalogs & marketing
Cite this source
Made for: National Recovery Administration. NRA Code Candlewick Bedspread [placard], 1934. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 2001.0312.065 (Patent number: Des. 90793). collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_1028068.
Research notes
NMAH record: Object Name "Placard"; title "NRA Code Candlewick Bedspread"; made for the National Recovery Administration; red, white and blue cardboard; 14 x 11 in; date made 1934; patent number Des. 90793 (presumably the NRA eagle design patent). Why it matters: Dalton bedspreads: physical evidence that the candlewick bedspread trade had its own NRA code of fair competition in 1934, i.e. was recognised as a national industry. The code's text (and its wage terms) would be in NRA records. Found: Smithsonian Collections Search, search "candlewick", 2026-10-28.