Cheney Brothers Lightweight Silk Velvet, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers solid cut pile lightweight silk velvet. Silk pile warp, silk ground warp and weft..Cotton selvage warps. All black. Construction: pile weave, solid cut velvet, probably double-woven, as selvage edges have weft 'fringe'. A light-to-medium weight, drapey fabric. (W. 42 in., L. 36 in.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.T00091
label: catalog number
content: T00091.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: velvet
label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile, double woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 42 in; 91.44 cm x 106.68 cm