Cheney Brothers Piece-dyed Silk Fabric "Shikki", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Length of a piece dyed Cheney Brothers silk "Shikii" fabric. .A plain weave fabric with a silk warp and silk frisons weft (#56541), creating a rough surface effect and light sheen. Piece dyed gold (#101) with a dye guaranteed as sunfast. Wholsesaled for $1.45 per yard. Drapery or apparel uses.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: 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.T05120.000
label: catalog number
content: T05120.000
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: plain weave; dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 yd x 30 in; .9144 m x 76.2 cm