Cheney Brothers Printed "Sweetbriar" silk, Japanese design, 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Cheney Brothers printed "Sweetbriar" silk. Lightweight, plain weave fabric. Design No. 72273, "Japanese Pine Cone and Peacocks" and Color No. 6063/204. Japanese-inspired 'island' design. Green, red, yellow, and brown long-tailed birds, including phoenix (?) and peacocks, on the ground and perched in purple and black pine trees, with a variety of Japanese flowering plants, on a tan ground. (W. 30 in., L. 36 in.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: sold
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
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.T3662
label: accession number
content: 60888
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: printed silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 30 in; 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm