Cheney Brothers "Chiffon Taffeta" dress silk, 1913
Cheney Brothers "Chiffon Taffeta" dress silk, 1913
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- Description (Brief)
- Length of Cheney Brothers "Chiffon Taffeta" dress silk, 1913. Lightweight plain weave, yarn dyed. Red weft and blue warp to give overall purple-red-blue changeable color effect. Trade name: chiffon taffeta. (W. 36 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.) The sample was folded along several vertical creases, accelerating severe shattering into six 6"x 36" strips along those lines. The shattering suggests this was not a pure-dye but a weighted silk.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- dress silk
- fabric length
- fabric sample
- date made
- 1913
- maker
- Cheney Brothers
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
- made at
- United States: Connecticut, Manchester
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- blue, red (overall color)
- plain weave, yarn-dyed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 54 in x 36 in; 137.16 cm x 91.44 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T00042
- catalog number
- T00042.000
- accession number
- 55080
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cheney Brothers
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silk Industry
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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