Cheney Brothers "Printed Frisons" dress silk, 1913

Description (Brief):

A sample length of Cheney Brothers "Printed Frisons" dress silk, 1913. Pinkish-tan ground of slubbed (spun silk yarns) plain weave silk, printed with a closely spaced modernist design of irregular multi-colored spots. Fauve-inspired print colors are dark green, orange, yellow, medium green, medium blue, light blue, dark red, Some colors may be due to overprinting one shade with another. File gives fabric width as 30", with a donation of a full yard length. Cheney's numbers are: Com: 3755; No: 77357, Color: 3724/1 Part of a large donation of fibers, yarns, fabrics, original designs, and printing tools given by Cheney Brothers, one of the earliest and largest of America's silk manufacturers, in 1913.

Date Made: 1913

Maker: Cheney Brothers

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, American Silk Industry, Textiles

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Credit Line: Gift of Cheney Brothers

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T01032.000Catalog Number: T01032.000Accession Number: 56298

Object Name: printed silkfabric length

Physical Description: spun silk (overall material)plain weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 36 in x 30 in; 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5a08-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_624448

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