Cheney Brothers Silk "Bengaline Radiant", 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cheney Brothers silk fabric length, called "Bengaline Radiant" due to high sheen finish. Silk. Plain weave, warp-faced, with irregular horizontal ribbing made by alternating picks (filling) of one, two, or three yarns. The ribs also appear to have been pressed flat to increase the surface sheen. High sheen. Piece dyed. Pale Blue.
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: made at
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.T00015
label: catalog number
content: T00015.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, warp-faced rib, piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 45 in; 137.16 cm x 114.3 cm