Cheney Brothers Printed Novelty "Zantine Silk", 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Full width sample length of Cheney Brothers printed "Zantine Silk", 1917. Plain weave, soft and drapey fabric. Allover "conventionalized Egyptian" modernist-inspired imbricated geometric design in lavender, blue, green, tan, brown, dark red, and navy blue. (W. 32 in., L. 8 in.) Mfr. # 56238. Small sample cut (.00B; 8" x 32") also in collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
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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.T03853.00A
label: catalog number
content: T03853.00A
label: accession number
content: 61753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: purple (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: brown (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: tan (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm