Cheney Brothers modernist "Zantine Silk" sample, 1917
date: label: Date made
content: 1917
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cheney Brothers printed novelty modernist design silk fabric sample cut. A soft and drapey plain weave fabric. Print is an all over conventionalized 'Egyptian' geometric arc pattern in tan, red, green, lavender, and purple. Sample has significant fading, portions of the lavender areas are pink. Mfr.# 55895. Small sample cut, 7" L x 33" W; Full selvage width length of same pattern, (W. 40 in., L. 36 in.) also in collection (.00A).
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 Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
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content: American Silk Industry
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.T03852.00B
label: accession number
content: 61753
label: catalog number
content: T03852.00B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: lavender (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 33 in; 17.78 cm x 83.82 cm