Cheney Brothers "Tapestry" furnishing fabric, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A length of a Cheney Brothers "Tapestry" furnishing fabric, 1913. Intended for use in upholstery. Not truly tapestry woven - it is a continuous weft patterned compound satin weave, jacquard-loom-woven fabric. Design reminiscent of 1740s-40s "island layoit" but with a vaguely modern set of motifs, such as palm strees and sailboats, as well as exotic blossoms, in light and dark blue on a golden yellow ground. Cheney Brothers logo woven into selvedge. (W. 50 in., L. 2 1/2 yds.) Mfrs. #s: Com.4765; No. 79486; Color 3408/1. The design for this, painted on point paper, is T-1049.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South 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.T01050.000
label: catalog number
content: T01050.000
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: jacquard silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: compound satin weave; jacquard-woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blues; golden yellow (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 yd x 50 in; 2.286 m x 127 cm