Cheney Brothers Printed Silk Fabric "Shikii", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Length of a Cheney Brothers silk "Shikii" printed fabric. A plain weave, rough surfaced all-silk fabric with silk frisons weft. The fabric is lighweight and drapes well. It is printed in an allover subtle grid pattern of flowers and bird set within a circular wreath, linked by scrolling linework (#19363) in red, green, yellow, and tan on blue ground. Style #6493/1. Wholesaled for $1.50 per yd. (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
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.T05121.000
label: catalog number
content: T05121.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printed silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: printed; plain weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue; green; red; yellow (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 yd x 30 in; .9144 m x 76.2 cm