Cheney Brothers point paper for furnishing fabric, 1 of 8 sheets, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers point paper, design for furnishing fabric, 1 of 8 sheets for this design, 1913. Painted design on square paper for T-1056 fabric sample, a figured weave with a gray-green ground. Mfrs. #s: Com. 4629; Style 3272. 8 sheets, A through H. Point papers were used to plot a design out for cutting the cards for Jacquard-loom-woven textiles.
label: Description
content: "point paper" depicting red floral motif with branching green stems and leaves, plus graphic squiggle line in repeating black, green and ochre rectangles, and matching graphic five point flower motif. "2" painted in blank ink on the top margin. "3272" written in large blank writing on the verso, and "1" written below it. "2" stamped on the verso in purple ink, obscured by paper tape. Three remnants of red border paper tape on the bottom and right edges of the verso. "T.1055C" written in pencil on a strip of paper tape in the bottom right corner of the verso. A splotch of red ink or paint on the left edge.
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
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.T01055.00C
label: catalog number
content: T01055.00C
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: point paper
label: Object Name
content: textile design