Cheney Brothers "armure silk" upholstery fabric, 1916
date: label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Length of a silk warp, cotton weft, Cheney Brothers "armure silk" furnishing fabric, 1916. Medium green ribbed ground weave with warp float patterning of Neo-Classical style: Alternating motifs, one with ribbon, bow, and wreath design and one with oval frames holding torch and bow linked by leaf and floral swags and ribbon garlands. Slide repeat. 35" L x 50" W. Stamped on one crosswise end, "Cheney Silks". Coordinating objects from this donation are: T-2842, design for Armure silk; and T-2843, point paper drafts for armure silk.
label: Description
content: Original cataloging: Upholstery fabric armure silk. A tapestry weave silk warp and cotton weft. Allover conventional pattern formed by a satin float figure. Color: green. Width: 50".
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
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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.T02844.000
label: catalog number
content: T02844.000
label: accession number
content: 59368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnisihing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven; warp-float patterning (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 50 in; 88.9 cm x 127 cm