Cheney Brothers Ondule Bengaline Necktie, 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cheney Brothers Ondule Bengaline scarf or necktie, 1925. A Crepe-like silk fabric with the weft cords producing an ondule or waved effect. Printed with an allover speckle or spatter pattern of blue and gray-beige. Made from silk T5149. Shape 264.
label: Description (Brief)
content: 1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Scarf was correct for the period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Co HQ
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
setName: label: See more items in
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.T05150
label: accession number
content: 87434
label: catalog number
content: T05150
label: catalog number
content: T05150.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Necktie
label: Object Name
content: scarf
label: Object Name
content: necktie
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, ribbed; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)