Enlarged textile design for pantograph plates; Cheney Brothers, 1916
date: label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Enlarged textile design for pantograph plates; Cheney Brothers, 1916. Enlarged version of floral design T2831, used for transferring the designs to the pantograph plates. Design for a printed Florentine silk, T2834. 6 specimens, Dimensions listed as 19.5" x 29" and 19" x 26". Set includes the original design T2831, and the pantograph plates, T2833 (6 specimens) used on the pantograph machine to transfer the design to the copper printing roller.
label: Description
content: depicting red, green and blue striped floral motif. "#1176-#5 Plate" written in pencil on the top edge of the paper. "21 1/2 x 26 1/4" written in pencil near the right edge of the paper. "10 am. Monday Mch 16th" written in pencil below the "21 1/2 x 26 1/4". Pairs of triangles deliberately cut out of five location on the paper. 3 pairs are cut out along the center line of the design. One pair near the right edge of the paper and another near the left. "T 2832" on the top left corner of the verso: "T" written in pencil, "2832" stamped in black ink.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
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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.T02832.00A
label: catalog number
content: T02832.00A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: textile design