Cheney Brothers engineered print silk Cushion Top, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample of a Cheney Brothers engineered print silk cushion or pillow top, 1913. Velvet. Silk. Turkish design with Arabic or pseudo-Kufic calligraphy and flowers in gold, red, and grey on green ground. Construction; Yarns: main ground warp, black. Main ground weft, black. Pile: green. Pattern; printed, single medallion “Turkish” (W. 22 in., L. 22 in.)
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.T00050
label: catalog number
content: T00050.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Upholstery
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
label: Object Name
content: cushion top
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Turkish medallion (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: calligraphy (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: floral (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: grey (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, velvet; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 22 in; 55.88 cm x 55.88 cm