Cheney Brothers Changeable Silk Taffeta, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A Cheney Brothers dress silk sample length, 1913. Changeable taffeta.. A plain weave fabric with blue warp and red weft, creating a changeable taffeta effect. The sample has fringe on one end and a detached sample of red filling yarn. (W. 24 in., L. 36 in.) Mfrs #s: Com.4837; Color 6.
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.T01046.000
label: catalog number
content: T01046.000
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue; red; purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; color effect (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 24 in; 91.44 cm x 60.96 cm