Cheney Brothers "Chenille Brocade" Furnishing fabric, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of a Cheney Brothers silk and cotton furnishing fabric. "Chenille Brocade", imitation velvet, 1913. Jacquard-woven ' brocade' of silk and cotton. Medium blue. For upholstery, uses chenille yarn in the weft for a velvet effect in the ground; satin weave in the warp contrasts to create the textured design. Pattern; Floral palmette motif surrounded by ogee lattice of winding stems, lengthwise repeat 15 -1/2 in. (W. 48 in., L. 36 in.) NB: The image is of this design and technique, but not this colorway.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: associated place
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
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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.T00106.000
label: catalog number
content: T00106.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: jacquard silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton; silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: compound weave; faux velvet (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 48 in; 91.44 cm x 121.92 cm