Cheney Brothers "Antique" Silk Taffeta, 1951
date: label: date made
content: 1951
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Selvage width sample cut of a Cheney Brothers silk taffeta furnishing fabric. A somewhat stiff, lightweight plain weave taffeta. Antique style with deliberate irregularities, piece dyed gold. Some marks on the fabric where from tape or adhesive. (W. 50 in., L. 19 in.)
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: 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.T10934.000
label: catalog number
content: T10934.000
label: accession number
content: 190958
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 50 in; 48.26 cm x 127 cm