Cheney Brothers Printed Silk Pongee "Florentine", 1915
Cheney Brothers Printed Silk Pongee "Florentine", 1915
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- Description (Brief)
- Cheney Brothers printed silk pongee "Florentine", 1915. A lightweight, spun silk filled pongee, printed with a dense, allover patchwork-look, garden-inspired pattern of various geometric and floral filled irregular reserves - and the letter W - in blue, white, red, green and brown outlined in black. (W. 32 in., L. 36 in.) Made as a decorative or furnishing fabric. "The company's description of this textiles as "Florentine" may have referred to the fabric quality and not the pattern name.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- printed silk
- fabric sample
- date made
- 1915
- maker
- Cheney Brothers
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
- associated place
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- silk, spun silk (overall material)
- plain weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
- black; blue; brown; green; white (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 32 in; 91.44 cm x 81.28 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02638.000
- catalog number
- T02638.000
- accession number
- 58458
- 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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