Cheney Brothers Silk Upholstery "Broche", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers silk upholstery fabric length, titled "Broche". An all silk satin-ground fabric which was the first Cheney Brothers fabric to be produced on a swivel loom. [A swivel loom allowed for patterning yarns to not run continuously across the fabric. This saved on yarn costs, important in these very expensive silks.] A Louis XVI reproduction design, combining alternating narrow serpentine double stripes of tan with broad stripes of blue, ornamented with multicolored flower, feather, and lace-pattern scroll meanders. (Style #4608/2). Wholesaled for $16 per yd. Cheney Silk retail tag stapled to corner of fabric. (W. 48 in., L. 4 yds.)
label: Description
content: These furnishing silks were, along with the patterned velvets, represent the most expensive and exclusive textiles that Cheney Brothers produced.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: 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.T05115.000
label: catalog number
content: T05115.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan; blue; green; pink; orange (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 yd x 48 in; 3.6576 m x 121.92 cm