Cheney Brothers furnishing silk, 1900-ca.1950
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
label: date made
content: 1900-1950
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cheney Brothers furnishing silk, 1900-ca.1950. Selvage width length of upholstery fabric; cream colored background with scattered woven-in sprays and sprigs of red and blue flowers with green leaves and stems tied with red ribbons. The Cheney symbol is woven in in gold along selvage edge. (W. 40.5 in., L. 49 in.)
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 Alexandra L. Preston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0129.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0129
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven; compound weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 49 in x 40 1/2 in; 124.46 cm x 102.87 cm