"Printing Foulard - Cheney Brothers Factory"; Photograph, 1915
"Printing Foulard - Cheney Brothers Factory"; Photograph, 1915
- Description
- "Printing Foulard - Cheney brothers Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Keystone Views. Depicts very large cylinder (copper roller) printing machine with fabric running through the process. One of 46 photographic reproductions of views illustrating sericulture in Japan and silk manufacture in the Cheney Brothers factory in South Manchester, Connecticut. Donated by Cheney Brothers in 1915 for use in the National Museum's Textile Hall. With caption, 12" x 10".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Photograph
- date made
- 1915
- maker
- Cheney Brothers
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T19174.045
- catalog number
- T19174.045
- accession number
- 58893
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cheney Brothers
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- Cheney Brothers
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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