Cheney Brothers Printed Novelty "Zantine Silk", 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers printed novelty modernist design "Zantine Silk", 1917. Original cataloging: Mfr.# 54202. "A soft, drapey plain weave fabric. Printed with a conventionalized Egyptian design in gold, green, rose, light and dark blue." (W. 40 in., L. 36 in.) The design is a modernist-inspired one, in bright, contrasting colors, of alternating wavy bands of dark blue pointed ovals with green linework, and geometric motifs in pink, light blue-gray, oranges and greens. Manufacturer's trade name, "Zantine Silk".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
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.T03850.000
label: catalog number
content: T03850.000
label: accession number
content: 61753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
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content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm