Cheney Brothers Printed Novelty "Zantine Silk", 1917
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of a Cheney Brothers printed novelty apparel silk with a modernist geometric design. A soft and drapey plain weave fabric. Print is an all over conventionalized 'Egyptian' geometric arc pattern in tan, red, green, lavender, and purple. Sample has significant fading, portions of the lavender areas are pink. (W. 40 in., L. 36 in.) Mfr.# 55895. Small sample cut, 7" L x 33" W, also in collection (.00B).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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: Cheney Brothers
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.T03852.00A
label: catalog number
content: T03852.00A
label: accession number
content: 61753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm