Cheney Brothers printed satin dress silk, "Bulgarian", 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: A length of lightweight satin-weave silk, printed with a modernist design of of flower heads and leaves on a tan ground. Ground cloth is satin weave silk, light but having more body than charmeuse. The floral design has a 'stencil' effect, with each element separate from the others and outlined in solid black. Company titled the design "Bulgarian". Colors are saturated, Fauve inspired: bright green, magenta, yellow, and medium brown with black. T1033,1034,and 1035 are colorways of the same design. Part of a large donation of fibers, yarns, fabrics, original designs, and printing tools given by Cheney Brothers, one of the earliest and largest of America's silk manufacturers, in 1913.
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
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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.T01033.000
label: catalog number
content: T01033.000
label: accession number
content: 56298
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: satin weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 30 in; 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm