Cheney Brothers Printed Silk Satin; Sophie Crownfield; 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers Pigment-printed silk satin, 1913. Satin weave silk in pale blue, naturalistic printed design of Cosmos flowers, in a tossed, non-directional layout, in white and pink with twining stems in green and brown. The white sections are matte-finished on both the face and reverse - initial cataloging suggests a pigment print. (Dimensions: W. 30 in., L. 36 in.). Designed by Sophie Crownfield. A second colorway on a pale yellow ground is also in the collection: T01023. Cheney description: "This is a decorative material used for the manufacture of kimonos, sofa cushions, bedspreads, lambrequins, etc." In this instance 'kimono' means women's wrappers or dressing gowns.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Co. HQ
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
label: made at
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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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.T00063
label: catalog number
content: T00063.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: printed silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, pink, white, green, brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: satin weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: naturalistic floral (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: DELETE (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 30 in; 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm