Cheney Brothers Printed Silk "Showerproof Foulard", 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of a Cheney Brothers Printed Silk "Showerproof Foulard" border design dress silk, 1913. Dark blue ground with printed wisteria border design: thin white vines and flower clusters in shades of light orange (peach) with green leaves; denser and larger near the center and smaller and sparser near the selvage edge.. (36" L x 44 in. W)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: made at
content: United States: Connecticut, 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.T00066
label: catalog number
content: T00066.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: printed silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, peach, white, green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: border print (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: wisteria (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave, discharge-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 44 in; 91.44 cm x 111.76 cm