Cheney Brothers "Kioto" Dress or Furnishing Silk, 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cheney Brothers "Kioto" Dress or Furnishing Silk, 1915. A light weight plain weave, frisson (spun silk fabric) with coarse silk filling. Printed with a Persian and Indian inspired design with garden-like fruit and cypress tree elements, paired birds, peacocks, architectural elements, in island layout in blue, green, pink, tan on black ground. (W. 30 in., L. 36 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
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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.T02640.000
label: catalog number
content: T02640.000
label: accession number
content: 58458
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: black; blue; green; pink (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 30 in; 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm