Cheney Brothers Silk "Tussah Pongee", 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Length of Cheney Brothers "Tussah Pongee" dress silk. Medium weight plain weave with slubbed effect from irregular weft yarns. The quality was usually yarn dyed: this example, with a color name of 'Champagne', is actually the natural beige of the undyed tussah (usually meaning from wild silkworms) silk. Cheney Silks retail label glued to length, identifies fabric as "Tussah pongee". (W. 54 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
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
label: made at
content: United States: Connecticut, 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.T00030
label: catalog number
content: T00030.000
label: accession number
content: 55080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, tussah (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, undyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: beige (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 54 in; 137.16 cm x 137.16 cm