Cheney Brothers Bi-color Silk Satin Damask, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of a Cheney Brothers bi-color silk satin damask, 1913. All silk organzine yarns; turned satin reversible 2-color damask. A Renaissance revivial pattern: Ogee created by facing peacocks flanking vases with foliage. Grey-brown figures on blue-green ground with pronounced strie effect in the warp, visible in both the warp-faced satin of the ground and the weft-faced weave of the figure. (W. 51 in., L. 36 in.) Suitable for either furnishing or apparel.
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.T00102.000
label: catalog number
content: T00102.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacquard silk
label: Object Name
content: damask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown; blue-green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: satin damask, jacquard woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 51 in; 91.44 cm x 129.54 cm