Cheney Brothers point paper for furnishing fabric, 1 of 6 sheets, 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Cheney Brothers point paper, for design for furnishing fabric, 1 of 6 sheets for this design, 1913. Painted design on six sheets of squared paper for fabric sample, T-1058, a floral design furnishing fabric in green and old rose on tan. Mfrs. #s: Com 4488; Style 3098. Manufacturer termed the design a 'tapestry design'. Point papers were used to plot a design out for cutting the cards for Jacquard-loom-woven textiles.
label: Description
content: "point paper" depicting a green, gold and pink floral motif. Numerical scale written in pencil on the right side runs from 168 to 320. "2" and "2nd Mach" written in black ink on the top margin. "2 - B" written on the top margin in pencil. " T- 1057" written in pencil on the top right corner; the "1057" in a rectangle. "3098" stamped in purple ink on the right edge of the verso. "2" stamped in purple ink below that. "T.1057E" written in pencil on the left edge.
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
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.T01057.00E
label: catalog number
content: T01057.00E
label: accession number
content: 56298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: point paper
label: Object Name
content: textile design