Cheney Brothers "Antique Velvet" furnishing fabric, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers "Antique Velvet" furnishing fabric, 1913. Silk. Reproduction antique velvet. Construction; pile weave, cut velvet. Yarns: warp – gold, weft – gold, pile warp – garnet red. Yarn dyed. Pattern: “Reproduction Antique velvet,” strie effect (subtle, irregular, vertical striping) from varying pile densities across the width, which varies the intensity of the red. (W. 26-1/2 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.T00074
label: catalog number
content: T00074.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold, red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 26 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 67.31 cm