Cheney Brothers Lightweight Panne Velvet Sample, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of Cheney Brothers lightweight panne velvet, 1913, Solid color, solid cut pile velvet. Lightweight. Probably an artificial silk pile on a silk ground. Deep blue, lustrous pile, pressed flat; Ground warp and weft in the same shade of blue, probably silk. Significant discoloration on one half of sample. (W. 20-1/2 in., L. 1 yard.) Millinery or trimming style velvet.
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: made at
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester
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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.T00078
label: catalog number
content: T00078.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: velvet
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, artificial silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile, panne (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: deep blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 20 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 52.07 cm