Man's cravat; Cheney Brothers, 1921
date: label: date made
content: 1921
notes: label: Description
content: Man's cravat of silk and cotton. Woven in tubular form. An extra white silk warp forms pin dot on a ground of dark green bengaline (ribbed weave); the reverse side is plain green. Original number 156. Gift of Cheney Brothers, Sept. 22, 1921.
label: Description
content: NB: 1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Cravat was correct for the period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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 Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
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.T04301
label: accession number
content: 67147
label: catalog number
content: T04301
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cravat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: woven bengaline (overall production method/technique)