Cheney Brothers Figured "Armure Silk"; 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers jacquard-figured "Armure Silk" in a Rose/gold colorway. Construction; warp float pattern weave; jacquard loom. Yarns: warp – beige, weft – red. Pattern; Neo-classical. Formal urns with flowers and medallions arranged in vertical stripes. Urn-figured stripes alternate with stripes consisting of small 4-lobed geometric pattern arranged in diagonal grid. Overall effect is rose ground with beige-gold patterning. (W. 51 in., L. 54 in.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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.T00099
label: catalog number
content: T00099.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: warp-float patterning; jacquard-woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 51 in; 137.16 cm x 129.54 cm