Cheney Brothers Silk Satin Damask, 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Length of a Cheney Brothers Jacquard-woven silk upholstery fabric. A Jacquard figured, two-color, satin damask fabric with figure and ground of contrasting faces of the satin weave. Organizine warp and tram silk weft. Pattern is a Louis XVI period reproduction featuring a large scale conventionalized pattern with central motif of urns with roses, flanked and supported by foliate scrolls, birds, flowers, floral and pearl garlands and swags, and bowknots. Pearl-colored figure on rose ground. Wholesaled for $15 per yd. (W. 50 in., L. 36 in.)
label: Description
content: These furnishing silks were, along with the patterned velvets, represent the most expensive and exclusive textiles that Cheney Brothers produced.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.T05116.000
label: catalog number
content: T05116.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pink; white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 yd x 50 in; .9144 m x 127 cm