Cheney Brothers Lampshade Silk, "Inlai", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers silk and rayon burnout fabric length. A figured transparent fabric (#35217) particularly for use for lampshades. The ground is of silk and the figures of animals and birds rayon. This effect is produced by printing the design on a plain woven fabric, as shown in the animal and bird figures; one roller carrying an acid which destroys the rayon, leaving a gauze ground. Style #6510/4. Pink, blue, and gold figures on a tan ground. Wholesaled for $3.25 per yard. (W. 29 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
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.T05125.000
label: catalog number
content: T05125.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk; rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; acid printed; direct printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue; pink; gold; brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 yd x 29 in; .9144 m x 73.66 cm