Cheney Brothers Printed "Samara" Dress Silk, 1916
date: label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers Printed "Samara" Dress Silk, 1916 Light thin plain weave. Printed with a scattered floral motif of a stem with long leaves and many small flower heads, similar to a lily of the valley, but the flowers are star-shaped, in white on a blue ground. Discharge or blotch print? The white and the blue are clear on both sides.
label: Description
content: Original cataloging: Printed Samara silk. A showerproof plain weave fabric with a subdued satiny sheen. Floral pattern in white on a dark blue ground. Width: 40"
label: Description
content: NB: In the early 20th century several "showerproof' silks were introduced by different firms. This meant that the finish would not wash out of a garment if the wearer was caught in the rain.
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
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content: 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.T02830.000
label: catalog number
content: T02830.000
label: accession number
content: 59386
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue; white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm