"Pierced Cocoons--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: "Pierced Cocoons--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Keystone View Co. Mound of pierced cocoons, meaning the filament has been cut; therefore used for spun silk yarn as opposed to thrown (long filament) silk. One of 46 photographic reproductions of views illustrating sericulture in Japan and silk manufacture in the Cheney Brothers factory in South Manchester, Connecticut. Donated by Cheney Brothers in 1915 for use in the National Museum's Textile Hall. With caption, 12" x 10".
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 Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cheney Brothers Manufacturers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T19174.019
label: catalog number
content: T19174.019
label: accession number
content: 58893
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm