Cheney Brothers Striped Velvet Furnishing Fabric, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers Striped Velvet Furnishing Fabric, 1913. Vertically striped by varying pile density, with dense stripes and sparse stripes that allow the tan ground to show through clearly. Muted or grayed purple silk cut pile on tan cotton ground.. 2.75"x 4.25" sample cut from corner of the length. (W. 51 in., L. 54 in.)
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.T00076
label: catalog number
content: T00076.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fsilk velvet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan, purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile; density variation (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 51 in; 137.16 cm x 129.54 cm