Cheney Brothers Silk "Lyons Finish Velvet", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers silk fabric sample. A narrow velvet fabric intended for millinery and trimming. Skein dyed (#248 1/2) made with pile and ground warp of organizine silk, weft of cotton. Color #2400, Pheasant (a bright orange. Some fading is visible on the sample. Originally wholsesaled for $1.15 per yard. Tag with "velours Poil de Soie/ No 248 1/2 / Yds. 3" attached to sample. (W. 19 in., L 94 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.T05134.000
label: catalog number
content: T05134.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk velvet
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 94 in x 19 in; 238.76 cm x 48.26 cm