Sample of silk sliver, Cheney Brothers, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of silk sliver, Cheney Brothers, 1913. Sliver (fibers for spun silk, aligned and in a roll). White. First quality. Part of gift illustrating all the steps in making silk textiles at the Cheney Brothers mill in South Manchester, CT. Sales offices: 4th Ave. and 18th St., New York City
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Co. HQ
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
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.T00149
label: catalog number
content: T00149.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
label: catalog number
content: T149
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fiber Sample
label: Object Name
content: silk sliver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 13 in; 5.715 cm x 13.97 cm x 33.02 cm