Cheney Brothers silk millinery and trimming velvet; 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: A sample length of Cheney Brothers silk millinery and trimming velvet. A bright red-orange silk cut pile on a black plain weave ground; the pile is pressed flat for a panne velvet. The red-orange pile on a black ground gives a 'burnt orange' color effect. The fringed selvage indicates this is a double-woven velvet. Very fine, lightweight, but dense pile. Main piece - W. 19 in., L. 120 in.; cut piece with W. 5 in., L. 11 in. is also included.
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
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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.T05133.000
label: catalog number
content: T05133.000
label: accession number
content: 87434
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk velvet
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave; cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 120 in x 19 in; 304.8 cm x 48.26 cm