Cheney Brothers Silk Satin Lampas, 1925
date: label: Date made
content: 1925
notes: label: Description
content: A length of a Cheney Brothers solid color, silk satin lampas, 1925. Silk upholstery fabric. Jacquard figured fabric with figure and ground of contrasting weaves; made of gray-green organzine silk warp and tram silk fillings or weft yarns in white and drab (dull beige). Style #2926/3, Design is a Louis XVI reproduction, using conventional flower, medallion, bowknot, musical instrument trophies, etc., connected and framed by swags and wreaths. Drab and white figures on grey-green satin ground. Reproduction of a fabric in the Petit Trianon. Wholesale $19.50 per yard. Similar design to TE.T01025. (W. 50 in., L. 160 in.)
label: Description
content: These furnishing silks were, along with the patterned velvets, represent the most expensive and exclusive textiles that Cheney Brothers produced.
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.T05117.000
label: accession number
content: 87434
label: catalog number
content: T05117.00
label: catalog number
content: T05117.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: Neo-classical (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: satin lampas; jacquard-woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 160 in x 50 in; 406.4 cm x 127 cm