Cheney Brothers Dupioni Silk, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Length of Cheney Brothers lightweight Dupioni Silk. Plain weave with weft yarn spun from doubled cocoons spun side-by-side creating slubs and irregularities when reeled into yarn. Piece dyed. Pale rose (light pink). Very thin, light fabric, translucent. (W. 30 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
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: associated place
content: United States: Connecticut, 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.T00008
label: catalog number
content: T00008.000
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, dupioni (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 30 in; 137.16 cm x 76.2 cm