Cheney Brothers Printed Silk Fabric "Shikii", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Sample length of Cheney Brothers printed "Shikii" silk fabric. A lightweight, drapey plain weave fabric; rough surfaced, with silk warp and silk frisons weft. Printed with an allover pattern of Persian or Indian-inspired vases, flowers, and feathers in vases (#25546) in brown, orange, tan, black, and white on natural pongee-colored (beige) ground. Style #6562/2. Wholesaled for $1.50 per yd. (W. 30 in., L. 36 in.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.T05124.000
label: accession number
content: 87434
label: catalog number
content: T05124.000
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: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: weaving (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: orange; brown; black; white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 30 in x 36 in; x 76.2 cm x 91.44 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 30 in; 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm