Cheney Brothers Border Print Satin-striped Voile, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of a Cheney Brothers border printed satin-striped silk voile, 1913. Sheer plain weave with satin weave stripes in the warp direction, varying widths. Over-printed border design oreinted along one selvage, of wild roses (full-blown and buds); lighter colored and smaller band close to the center, the roses get larger and more deeply colored nearer to the selvage edge. White ground; floral pattern is in shades of pink to red, green, blue-gray, and yellow. (W. 50 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.T00069
label: catalog number
content: T00069.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: printed silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, pinks, greens, blue-gray, reds (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, satin weave, cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: border print, roses (overall pattern)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 50 in; 91.44 cm x 127 cm