Cheney Brothers Silk dress velvet, "Velours Chiffon", 1925
date: label: Date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Cheney Brothers all-silk dress velvet, "Velours Chiffon" in golden yellow. A solid cut pile fabric with a soft hand. Short cut pile in silk against a plain weave silk ground that is more densely woven than a true chiffon. Original cataloging: Piece dyed organzine pile fabric #15b, with ground warp and filling of organzine silk. Used for dresses, cloaks, wraps, etc. Color:#6480 Citron (yellow). Wholesale $6.00 per yard.
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 Silk 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.T05130A-B
label: accession number
content: 87434
label: catalog number
content: T05130A-B
label: catalog number
content: T05130.00A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: chiffon velvet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: chiffon velvet (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 126 in x 42 in; 320.04 cm x 106.68 cm