Cheney Brothers warp-printed furnishing fabric, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A length of Cheney Brothers warp-printed furnishing fabric, 1913. Design in predominantly blue, beige, and black, with a smallish, densely packed, jacquard woven repeat design of floral motifs with Chinoiserie elements, such as cloud scrolls and vases; a hazy color block effect underlying the woven pattern, created by the use of a printed warp. Made with two warps, one printed before weaving, and one plain, with 1 7/8 yards of warp attached at one end in order to show the appearance of the warp before woven into the goods. The CB logo is woven in to the opposite end. Mfrs. #s: Com. 4918; No. 79079; Color 3468/27. A full selvage width.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
topic: label: web subject
content: Textile Processing and Production
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silk Industry
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.T01054
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: warp-printed; compound weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 48 3/4 in; 182.88 cm x 123.825 cm