Cheney Brothers Printed Florentine Silk, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers printed Florentine Silk. Very lightwieght plain weave. Printed with overall naturalistic pattern of locust flowers in pinks, red-orange, and purple with green leaves on a white ground. (W. 32 in., L. 36 in.) A Cheney sample card for printed FLorentine, with a different design on a small swatch, gives the following additional information: "Used for Kimonas (sic) and Bed Quilts and for light decorative purposes. Woven with Italian gum silk warp and spun silk singles filling."
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.T00058
label: catalog number
content: T00058.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, pinks, purples, greens (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: locust flower (overall pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 32 in; 91.44 cm x 81.28 cm