Cheney Brothers Border Printed Silk Marquisette, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of a Cheney Brothers border-printed Marquisette dress silk, 1913. Sheer open plain weave with regular, 7/16" wide satin stripes. Printed border of rose swags in pinks and greens, draped from yellow bows, on a white ground. Cheney Silks retail label glued to corner of sample. (W. 24 in., L. 36 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.T00070
label: catalog number
content: T00070.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, pinks, greens, yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, satin weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: satin striped voile (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: border print, roses (overall pattern)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 24 in; 91.44 cm x 60.96 cm