Enlarged textile design for pantograph plates; Cheney Brothers, 1916
Enlarged textile design for pantograph plates; Cheney Brothers, 1916
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- Description
- Enlarged textile design for pantograph plates; Cheney Brothers, 1916. Enlarged version of floral design T2831, used for transferring the designs to the pantograph plates. Design for a printed FLorentine silk, T2834. 6 specimens, Dimesnions listed as 19.5" x 29" and 19" x 26". Set includes the original design T2831, and the pantograph plates, T2833 (6 specimens) used on the pantograph machine to transfer the design to the copper printing roller.
- depicting green, gray, red, purple, and blue striped floral motif. "#1176-#4 Plate" written in pencil along the top edge of the paper. "T2832" written in pencil in the lower right corner. Deliberate triangular shaped cut-outs near each of the four edges of the paper. Faint pencil grid lines in the background. "T 2832" in the upper left corner of the verso: "T" written in pencil, "2832" stamped in black ink. "T2832C" written in pencil in the lower right corner. Curving pencil lines across verso.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- textile design
- date made
- 1916
- maker
- Cheney Brothers
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
- ID Number
- TE.T02832.00C
- catalog number
- T02832.00C
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cheney Brothers
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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