Length of a Cheney Brothers printed silk fabric, styled "Shikii". A lightweight, drapey plain weave fabric with a rough surface. Silk warp and silk frisons weft. Printed with an allover Persian-style pattern with figures of kneeling and standing men under trees and leaves (#39281) in brown, blue, orange, and tan on natural pongee-colored ground. Titled "Shikii". Style #6567/1. Wholesaled for $1.50 per yd. (W. 30 1/2 in., L. 36 in.)
Skein of Japan silk tram, Cheney Brothers, 1913. Tram. Japan. Blue. 1 skein. Part of gift illustrating all the steps in making silk textiles at the Cheney Brothers mill in South Manchester, CT. Sales offices: 4th Ave. and 18th St., New York City
Bag of French yellow silk cocoons, Cheney Brothers, 1913. Silk. French. Yellow. Part of gift illustrating all the steps in making silk textiles at the Cheney Brothers mill in South Manchester, CT. Sales offices: 4th Ave. and 18th St., New York City
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
Cheney Brothers Noils. Silk. B. F. noils. Part of gift illustrating all the steps in making silk textiles at the Cheney Brothers mill in South Manchester, CT. Sales offices: 4th Ave. and 18th St., New York City
Length of a Cheney Brothers lightweight silk satin damask, 1913. All silk, turned satin damask with pattern showing in lighter shiny satin weave against darker matte reverse of the satin weave. Organzine yarns, very fine. Patterned with large scale 16th century Renaissance revival design featuring a foliate ogival lattice with crowns, pearls, and palmettes (without pomegranaes) in the reserves. Weave structure gives a pink figure on a red ground. (W. 51 in., L. 36 in.) Suitable weight for furnishing or apparel.
Cylinder of Cheney Brothers Silk Tram Floss, 1913. 1-1/2 in. Dia., L. 2-3/4 in. Part of gift (Feb 1913) illustrating all the steps in making silk textiles at the Cheney Brothers mill in South Manchester, CT. Sales offices: 4th Ave. and 18th St., New York City
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
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
This button promoting C-SPAN's coverage of Campaign 2020 was collected at a Town Hall in Manchester, New Hampshire for Michael Bennet, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, prior to the New Hampshire primary held February 3.