Length of a Cheney Brothers Jacquard-woven silk upholstery fabric. A Jacquard figured, two-color, satin damask fabric with figure and ground of contrasting faces of the satin weave. Organizine warp and tram silk weft. Pattern is a Louis XVI period reproduction featuring a large scale conventionalized pattern with central motif of urns with roses, flanked and supported by foliate scrolls, birds, flowers, floral and pearl garlands and swags, and bowknots. Pearl-colored figure on rose ground. Wholesaled for $15 per yd. (W. 50 in., L. 36 in.)
These furnishing silks were, along with the patterned velvets, represent the most expensive and exclusive textiles that Cheney Brothers produced.