Cheney Brothers Silk & Worsted Bengaline, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cheney Brothers silk and worsted wool bengaline fabric sample. A process sample; Woven in the gum from Italian reeled silk warp and 3/75 gassed worsted weft. Ribbed warp-faced plain weave in off-white,undyed, as it came from the loom. Fabric has some holes and shattering throughout. (W. 24 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.T01027.000
label: catalog number
content: T01027.000
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: process sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, worsted wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, ribbed, in the gum (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 24 in; 91.44 cm x 60.96 cm