Cheney Brothers "Venetian Velvet" furnishing fabric, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of a Cheney Brothers "Venetian Velvet" furnishing fabric, 1913. Reproduction of Venetian velvet. Construction; pile weave, solid cut velvet. Yarns: Ground - cotton; Pile - probably artificial silk. Ground warp – tan, ground weft – tan, pile warp – green, very lustrous, no "scroop", suggesting it is artificial silk. Bright green solid cut pile on light brown ground that occasionally shows through in a subtle strie effect in the pile. (W. 52 in., L. 36 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.T00077
label: catalog number
content: T00077.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: velvet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: artificial silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green, light brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, solid cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 52 in; 91.44 cm x 132.08 cm