Lot of yellow silk cocoons, 1913; from Cheney Brothers
date: label: Date made
content: 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers gift of a lot of yellow silkworm cocoons. Part of gift illustrating all the steps in making silk textiles at the Cheney Brothers mill in South Manchester, CT. Some housed in a glass jar with stopper, additional cocoons now housed in a plastic bag.
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
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: American Textile 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.T00108.000
label: catalog number
content: T00108.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cocoons
label: Object Name
content: cocoons, silkworm
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, sericin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm