Cheney Brothers satin-striped furnishing fabric; 1951
date: label: date made
content: 1951
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Second of a set of two Cheney Brothers red silk and cotton satin-striped furnishing / upholstery fabric samples. A mid-to-heavyweight drapey fabric with satin weave stripes on a broken twill ground. Woven with a dull red cotton weft and a bright red silk warp. (W. 48 in., L. 2 yds). Original specimen appears to have been cut into 2 pieces.
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.T10936.00B
label: catalog number
content: T10936.00B
label: accession number
content: 190958
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: satin weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: satin stripe (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: broken twill weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 yd x 48 in; 1.8288 m x 121.92 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 48 in; 182.88 cm x 121.92 cm