Cheney Brothers Wash Silk, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers wash silk. Lightweight plain weave. Yarn dyed, warp stripes. Blue and grey stripes on white ground. Cheney Silks retail label attached to sample with glue or adhesive (W. 32 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.) A page from a Cheney Silks sales sample book, in the DOT study sample files, shows four additional colorways.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: made at
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester
setName: label: See more items in
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.T00036
label: catalog number
content: T00036.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: warp stripes (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, gray, white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, yarn-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wash silk (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 32 in; 137.16 cm x 81.28 cm