Cheney Brothers Printed Silk Tussah, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers printed Tussah Silk fabric. Plain weave with thick wild silk weft. Pattern: Arts and crafts-inspired stylized leaf and vine ogees in muted shades of purple-grey, light green. blue, yellow on off-white ground. (W. 50 in., L. 35 3/4 in.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: made at
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cheney Brothers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T00053
label: catalog number
content: T00053.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ogee, leaves, vines (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: grey (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: off-white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 3/4 in x 50 in; 90.7796 cm x 127 cm