Cheney Brothers figured "Broche Silk", 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers lightweight figured "Broche Silk", 1913. A lightweight, drapey plain weave silk fabric with warp-float patterned neoclassical laurel wreath design in half drop repat. Satin figures on plain weave ground. Piece dyed green. (W. 30-1/2 in., L. 54 in.) Used either for a furnishing or apparel silk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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.T00097
label: catalog number
content: T00097.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacquard silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, warp-float patterning, jacquard woven, (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 30 1/2 in; 137.16 cm x 77.47 cm