Cheney Brothers Printed "Samara Silk", "Falling Bird" design, 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cheney Brothers Printed "Samara Silk", "Falling Bird" design, 1917. A plain weave fabric with a subdued satiny sheen. Design No. 82457, Color No. 342/1. "Falling Bird" in blues, browns, black and red on a white ground. A scattered spaced design of peacocks, wings outstretched and bodies and tails curved as if falling, representational drawing style.
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 Silk Industry
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.T03668.000
label: catalog number
content: T03668.000
label: accession number
content: 60888
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: printed silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 41 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm