Cheney Brothers Silk Velvet, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of a Cheney Brothers silk velvet. Black silk pile warp; black cotton ground warp and weft. Solid cut pile surface. White twill selvage with white cotton warp, outer-edge black stripe. One cut edge is machine hemmed. (W. 18-1/2 in., L. 1 yard.) Possibly a millinery or trimming fabric as it is a narrow fabric off the loom.
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.T00083
label: catalog number
content: T00083.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: velvet
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 18 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 46.99 cm