Eight spools of Cheney Brothers Silk yarn, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Eight spools of Cheney Brothers Silk yarn, 1913. Colored. 8 spools, 1-1/4 in. Dia., L. 3-1/2 in. Part of gift illustrating all the steps in making silk textiles at the Cheney Brothers mill in South Manchester, CT. Sales offices: 4th Ave. and 18th St., New York City
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
topic: label: web subject
content: Textile Processing and Production
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
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.T00168.000
label: catalog number
content: T00168.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
label: catalog number
content: T168
objectType: label: Object Name
content: yarns, silk
label: Object Name
content: spools, silk yarn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall; one sample: 3 9/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 9.04875 cm x 3.4925 cm