Man's neckwear; Cheney Brothers, Moire Ottoman, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Man's silk scarf (neckwear); Cheney Brothers, red silk warp-faced plain weave with a pronounced crosswise rib; called Ottoman, 1913. Moire finish (also called watered effect, done by folding and pressing the fabric, which flattens the ribs against each other and creates a repeating wavy effect, or can also be done by simply embossing an engraved design on the surface of the fabric). One piece, cut on the bias, shaped with pointed ends, wider at one end than the other, and sewn. Unlined. Solid red moire.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
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.T00995.000
label: catalog number
content: T00995.000
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scarf
label: Object Name
content: scarf, necktie
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, ribbed; cut and sewn (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: Ottoman, moire (overall style)