Cheney Brothers Silk Silver Tinsel Brocade, 1925
date: label: Date made
content: 1925
notes: label: Description
content: A set of four Cheney Brothers silk fabric lengths (A-D). Silk dress goods: silver tinsel Brocade. Piece dyed, JAcquard-woven figured fabric #15518, made with silk warp; silk and metallic tinsel filling. Original tinsel jacquard design #7439/4378: Chinese floral. Color: orchid. Wholesale $8.00 per yard. A- (W. 40 in., L. 120 in.); B- (W. 40 in., L. 120 in.); C- (W. 23.5 in., L. 11 in.); D- (W. 40 in., L. 120 in.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: 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.T05140.A-D
label: accession number
content: 87434
label: catalog number
content: T05140.A-D
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric lengths
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: warp, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, silk and tinsel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver tinsel brocade (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: weaving (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 40 in; x 101.6 cm