Cheney Brothers Printed Silk, "Shikii", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Length of a Cheney Brothers printed silk fabric, styled "Shikii". A lightweight, drapey plain weave fabric with a rough surface. Silk warp and silk frisons weft. Printed with an allover Persian-style pattern with figures of kneeling and standing men under trees and leaves (#39281) in brown, blue, orange, and tan on natural pongee-colored ground. Titled "Shikii". Style #6567/1. Wholesaled for $1.50 per yd. (W. 30 1/2 in., L. 36 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.T05123.000
label: catalog number
content: T05123.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue; brown; orange; beige (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 yd x 30 1/2 in; .9144 m x 77.47 cm