Length of Cheney Brothers Chiffon Taffeta dress silk, 1913. All-silk. Very lightweight plain weave but with a slightly stiff taffeta-like finish. Yarn dyed. Reseda green (a medium leaf-green) (W. 36 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.) The sample was folded along several vertical creases, accelerating severe shattering into eight 4.5"x 36" strips. Cheney Silks retail label glued to corner of sample. The shattering of the silk suggests that this was not a pure-dye fabric, but was weighted with metal salts.