Cheney Brothers Silk Novelty Fabric "Zantine Silk", 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Short sample cut of Cheney Brothers printed silk fabric sample, "Zantine Silk". 1917. Plain weave, soft and drapey fabric. Printed with allover "conventionalized Egyptian" modernist-inspired imbricated geometric design in lavender, blue, green, tan, brown, dark red, and navy blue. (8" L x 32" W). Mfr. # 56238. Full sample length (.00A; 36" x 40") also in collection.
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 Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
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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.T03853.00B
label: catalog number
content: T03853.00B
label: accession number
content: 61753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: purple (overall color)
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content: brown (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 32 in; 20.32 cm x 81.28 cm