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 midweight Cheney Brothers solid cut pile velvet, in black. Silk pile warp, silk ground warp, cotton ground weft. Twill selvage in white with white silk selvage warp. Black (W. 22 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.T00081
label: catalog number
content: T00081.000
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: pile weave, solid cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 22 in; 91.44 cm x 55.88 cm