Bag of Cheney Brothers silkworm cocoons from. Canton, China..1913.
Bag of Cheney Brothers silkworm cocoons from. Canton, China..1913.
Date Made: 1913
Maker: Cheney Brothers
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: United States: New York, New YorkUnited States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
Web Subject: Textile Processing and Production
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See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, American Silk Industry
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Credit Line: Gift of Cheney Brothers
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: TE.T00130.000Catalog Number: T00130.000Accession Number: 55080Catalog Number: T130
Object Name: cocoons, silkwormsilkworm cocoons, batch of
Physical Description: silk, sericin (overall material)Measurements: overall; in tray: 3 3/4 in x 9 in x 13 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 22.86 cm x 34.6075 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e60b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_648527
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