Cheney Brothers jacquard-woven metallic upholstery fabric; 1916
date: label: Date made
content: 1916
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Cheney Brothers jacquard-woven metallic upholstery fabric. Elaborate floral medallion and lace-pattern ogee design, late 17th-early18th century inspired. Upholstery fabric:: silk and metallic thread compound weave; supplementary-weft patterning, Not a true brocade with discontinuous wefts, but an expensive furnishing fabric.. Gold metallic threads create much of the patterning. Elaborate overall pattern in various colors on a tan ground. Large-scale, long repeat. Formal floral medallion surrounded by lace-pattern meanders with additional floral sprays and stylized birds and dogs. Baroque-inspired design. 24" long repeat; two repeats fill the fabric width. One end is soiled. Coordinating objects from this donation: T-2845, design for silk brocade; and T-2846, point paper draft for silk brocade.
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.T02847.000
label: accession number
content: 59368
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content: T02847.000
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content: Fabric Length
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content: furnishing fabric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
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content: metallic yarns (overall material)
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content: cotton (overall material)
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content: Baroque; Lace pattern (overall style)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: rose (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: rust (overall color)
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content: tan ground (overall color)
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content: brocade (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven; compound weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 50 in; 137.16 cm x 127 cm