Cheney Brothers textile design point paper
Cheney Brothers textile design point paper
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- Description
- Cheney Brothers textile design point paper. This is the weave draft of the design for a satin damask upholstery fabric with a Louis XVI style pattern, in rose, T2841. The donation also includes the original painted textile design for this fabric (T2839) and a sample of the finished cloth. This draft has been had painted on the gridded textile design paper for guiding the punching of the jacquard cards and threading the loom.
- Original cataloging: draft of design #2839, the enlarged and finished draft painted on textile design paper for fabric #2841
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Pattern Draft
- point paper
- textile design
- date made
- 1916
- maker
- Cheney Brothers
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Manchester, South Manchester
- Physical Description
- paper; pigment (overall material)
- painted (overall production method/technique)
- ID Number
- TE.T02840.00T
- catalog number
- T02840.00T
- accession number
- 59368
- catalog number
- T02840.000
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cheney Brothers
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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