Cheney Brothers Midweight 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 midweight silk-pile velvet, 1913. Silk pile warp; cotton ground warp and weft. Solid cut pile. Selvages are white twill weave with an inner black warp stripe. Color: Scarlet (W. 18 in., L. 1 yd). Possibly a millinery or trimming velvet, since it is a narrow fabric.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: American Silk Industry
label: See more items in
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.T00079
label: catalog number
content: T00079.000
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: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 18 in; 91.44 cm x 45.72 cm