Cheney Brothers Silk Furnishing Fabric, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of a Cheney Brothers silk furnishing fabric. Original cataloging called it "Tapestry woven" but is really a jacquard-woven compound weave with several supplementary wefts. For use in upholstery. Rococo-revival pattern of meandering floral vines in green with peach, pink, white and yellow flowers, against a lace-pattern meander; on a very pale gray-green ground with a horizontal rib textured effect. (W. 50 in., 36 in.) The original painted design for this textile is T-1055. Mfrs. #s: Com. 4629; No. 65813; Color 3272/3
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.T01056.000
label: catalog number
content: T01056.000
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: jacquard silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: compound weave; jacquard-woven; supplementary-weft patterning (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: green; grey; orange; pink; yellow; white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 50 in; 91.44 cm x 127 cm