Cheney Brothers Changeable Taffeta dress silk, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A Cheney Brothers changeable taffeta dress silk, 1913. A plain weave fabric with black warp and blue weft, creating a changeable effect. The sample has a fringed end. A detached sample of the blue filling yarn is included with the sample. (W. 24 in., 36 in.) Mfrs. #s: Com. 4837; Color 1.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: American Silk Industry
label: See more items in
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.T01048.000
label: catalog number
content: T01048.000
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black; blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, color effect (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 24 in; 91.44 cm x 60.96 cm