Man's silk faille scarf or necktie, Cheney Brothers; 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
notes: label: Description
content: Man's silk faille scarf or necktie, Cheney Brothers; 1925 = Pattern #1, shape 264. Plain weave ribbed silk; Faille. A medium-weight warp-faced plain weave ribbed silk fabric in blue, with a printed plaid design in light blue, red, and yellow, imitating a woven plaid. The plaid is printed with a diagonal orientation so that ties cut on the bias would show the plaid as straight.
label: Description
content: 1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Scarf was correct for the period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Co. HQ
content: United States: New York, New York City
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 Silks
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content: Cheney Brothers
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.T05146
label: accession number
content: 87434
label: catalog number
content: T05146
label: catalog number
content: T05146.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: necktie
label: Object Name
content: scarf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, ribbed; faille (overall production method/technique)