Sample of Worsted Yarn, used by Cheney Brothers, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of Worsted Yarn, used by Cheney Brothers, 1913. Manufactured and supplied by the Lafayette Worsted Company. Unbleached, gassed, 30/3 quality. Used by Cheney Brothers in weaving wool and silk fabrics. Lafayette Worsted Co. was a Franco-Belgian owned firm that operated a worsted spinning mill in Woonsocket, RI, beginning in 1899, and on through the 1950s. This type of worsted yarn was especially sought after for weaving fine fabrics, including Cheney Brothers' silk and wool dress fabrics, samples of which were donated by Cheney Brothers to the Nationa Museum (now NMAH)
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.T01067.00A
label: catalog number
content: T1067-A
label: catalog number
content: T.1067-A
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Yarn, Worsted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)