Cheney Brothers printed "Mysore Silk"; 1916
date: label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Length of Cheney Brothers printed silk fabric, "Mysore Silk". Thin plain weave silk, Tussah yarns (wild silk) retain some sericin. Printed with allover design of vaguely Chinese style, with pomegranate branches, leafy scrolls, and large urns. Black ground, pattern in coral, light and medium blue, bright blue, yellow, and green.
label: Description
content: Original cataloging: Printed Mysore silk. A plain canvas-like fabric made of tussah silk. Oriental pattern in 8 colors on a black ground. Width: 32"
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.T02838.000
label: catalog number
content: T02838.000
label: accession number
content: 59368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tussah silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 32 in; 91.44 cm x 81.28 cm