Cheney Brothers Silk Furnishing Fabric, 1913

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Description (Brief):

Sample length of a Cheney Brothers silk furnishing fabric. Original cataloging called it "Tapestry woven" but is really a jacquard-woven compound weave with several supplementary wefts. For use in upholstery. Rococo-revival pattern of meandering floral vines in green with peach, pink, white and yellow flowers, against a lace-pattern meander; on a very pale gray-green ground with a horizontal rib textured effect. (W. 50 in., 36 in.) The original painted design for this textile is T-1055. Mfrs. #s: Com. 4629; No. 65813; Color 3272/3

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.T01056.000Catalog Number: T01056.000

Object Name: furnishing fabricfabric lengthjacquard silk

Physical Description: silk (overall material)compound weave; jacquard-woven; supplementary-weft patterning (overall production method/technique)green; grey; orange; pink; yellow; white (overall color)Measurements: overall: 36 in x 50 in; 91.44 cm x 127 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-236a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_624467

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