Cheney Brothers Silk Velvet, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of a Cheney Brothers midweight, semi-stiff finish, solid cut pile black silk velvet. Black silk pile warp, black cotton ground warp and weft. Red cotton warp in the twill selvage edges. One cut edge is machine hemmed (serged or merrowed with red thread). (W. 18-1/2 in., L. 1 yard.) Possibly a millinery or trimming fabric as it is a narrow fabric off the loom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: made at
content: United States: Connecticut, 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.T00084
label: catalog number
content: T00084.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: velvet
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 18 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 46.99 cm