Cheney Silks Printed "Cinderella Silk", "Chine Floral" design 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A length of Cheney Brothers printed "Cinderella Silk" fabric. A lightweight plain weave fabric with a crepey finish. Design No. 71952, "Chine Floral". Color No. 449/3. The printed design is a faux warp-print with brown, yellow, black, pink, red, and blue flowers on a white ground. Groups of three flower heads in the darker shades are set in half drop repeat, with light colored 'shadow' flowers in the background (W. 41 in., L. 36 in.)
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
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.T3665
label: accession number
content: 60888
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: printed silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink, red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 41 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm