Cheney Brothers silk casement cloth, 1951
date: label: Date made
content: 1951
notes: label: Description
content: A length of green, Cheney Brothers silk casement cloth (lightweight window curtain fabric). A midweight, drapey plain weave, ribbed with larger weft than warp. Some slubs in the weft. Piece dyed kelly green. Dark residue from adhesive or tape is present on the edge of the fabric. A Cheney Brothers logo retail tag is stapled to corner of fabric length. (W. 50 in., L. 144 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.T10938.000
label: accession number
content: 190958
label: catalog number
content: T10938.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: casement cloth (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: open plain weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 144 in x 50 in; 365.76 cm x 127 cm