Cheney Brothers "Pompeian" furnishing velvets, 1925
date: label: Date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Cheney Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Two identical lengths of Jacquard-figured, silk pile furnishing fabric; having ground and pile warps of organzine silk, and cotton filling in the back. Style #23/901 Large conventional pattern (Pompeian) in wine color velvet pile on golden tan ground. Wholesale $18.00 a Yard. Piece B originally cut from Piece A. Mill: Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Conn.
label: Description
content: Voided velvet, silk pile and face and cotton back.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
setName: label: See more items in
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.T05106.00A-B
label: accession number
content: 87434
label: catalog number
content: T05106.00A-B
label: catalog number
content: T5106
label: catalog number
content: T- (/) 5106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: furnishing fabric
label: Object Name
content: fabric lengths
label: Object Name
content: furnishing velvet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wine (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: voided velvet (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: compound pile weave; supplementary warp (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: length a: 126 in x 52 in; 320.04 cm x 132.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: length b: 125 in x 52 in; 317.5 cm x 132.08 cm