Sample length of a Cheney Brothers border print on satin-striped silk Marquisette, 1913. Silk. Printed 'Persian' (related to Kashmir shawl designs, with small paisley or buta motifs) design arranged in two columns, one along each selvage edge. Satin weave 7/16" wide stripes on an open plain weave ground. Dark blue field, pattern colors are pastel shades of green, pink, blue, with white, and a medium brown for details. Cheney Silks retail label glued to (W. 24 in., L. 36 in.)
Cheney Brothers Printed "Cinderella Silk", "Persian Diamond" design, 1917. A lightweight plain weave fabric with a crepey finish. Design No. 60671, "Persian Diamond." Color No. 380/4. Printed with a pattern of interlocking diamonds, each containing the same landscape scene with a path, tree, and hills. Purple, green, black, and browns on a white ground. (W. 41 in., L. 36 in.)
Cheney Brothers silk fabric sample. A narrow velvet for millinery and trimming (#862 1/2.) . Skien dyed and made with pile and ground warp of organzine silk, weft of cotton. Color #2323, Grape. Attached tag reads "Velour Poil de Soie / No. 862 1/2 / Yds. 3 / Color Grape 2323" (W. 19 in., L. 111.5 in.)
A Cheney Brothers dress silk sample length, 1913. Changeable taffeta.. A plain weave fabric with blue warp and red weft, creating a changeable taffeta effect. The sample has fringe on one end and a detached sample of red filling yarn. (W. 24 in., L. 36 in.) Mfrs #s: Com.4837; Color 6.
Silk fiber process sample; Second draft; Cheney Brothers, 1913. Second draft. Silk. White. B. F. second draft. Dresser. 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 silk furnishing / upholstery fabric length, A midweight drapey fabric with greenish-gold satin vertical stripes on a white plain weave ground. A Cheney Silks logo retail tag is stapled to the corner. (W. 50 in., L. 144 in.)
Sample of Cheney Brothers Piedmont Frisons Silk, 1913 Frisons. Boiled off white Piedmont Frisons. 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
Skein of Raw Silk, Italian, Cheney Brothers, 1913. Yellow. 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
Length of Cheney Brothers all silk 'Grisaille' apparel fabric. A balanced plain weave with slightly irregular weft. Yarn dyed, with white warp and black weft giving a changeable gray surface effect with a medium sheen. (W. 32 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.). Similar color effect to another Cheney piece, titled Bengal Pongee, but without the warp strie and in a slightly heavier weight.
Sample of Japan Frisons Silk, Cheney Brothers, 1913 Frisons. Japan. White. 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 silk furnishing fabric, Louis XVI style, 1913. Heavy jacquard-woven compound satin weave for use in upholstery. Pattern is a reproduction of a Rococo into Neo-Classical French fabric from a Marie Antoinette chair. Design features gold and tan musical instruments and wreaths in decorative C-scroll frames and foliate meanders on a pale blue satin ground. (W. 50 in., L. 36 in.) Possibly based on, but not a complete reproduction of, the silk designed by Phillippe de LaSalle for the bedroom of Marie Antoinette at Fontainebleu. Mfrs. #s: Com. 4294; No. 56538; Color 2926/1
Four spools of Cheney Brothers dyed silk yarn for weaving, 1913. Different colors. 4 cylinders, 3/4 in. Dia., L. 3-1/4 in. 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 novelty silk fabric length, "Brokado Krepe".. An all silk, satin figured crepe dress and lining fabric (#17894). Cubist design. Crepe rectangles set at diagonals on a satin ground. All rust red ("Henna"). Wholesale $5.25 per yard. Cheney Silks stamped in gold in the corner of the sample. (W. 39/40 in., L. 4 yds.) Com. #6347; Style #7419/4401
A length of Cheney Brothers printed "Sweetbriar" silk. Lightweight, plain weave fabric. Design No. 72273, "Japanese Pine Cone and Peacocks" and Color No. 6063/204. Japanese-inspired 'island' design. Green, red, yellow, and brown long-tailed birds, including phoenix (?) and peacocks, on the ground and perched in purple and black pine trees, with a variety of Japanese flowering plants, on a tan ground. (W. 30 in., L. 36 in.)
Cheney Brothers silk and rayon burnout fabric length. A figured transparent fabric (#35217) particularly for use for lampshades. The ground is of silk and the figures of animals and birds rayon. This effect is produced by printing the design on a plain woven fabric, as shown in the animal and bird figures; one roller carrying an acid which destroys the rayon, leaving a gauze ground. Style #6510/4. Pink, blue, and gold figures on a tan ground. Wholesaled for $3.25 per yard. (W. 29 in., L. 36 in.)
Cheney Silks educational poster; “Life stages of cultivated and wild silk moths”. Color illustrations. Poster showing pictures of cultivated and wild silk moths in all stages - moth, larvae, cocoon, Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers Manufacturers, South Manchester, CT.
Cheney Brothers point paper, for design for furnishing fabric, 1 of 6 sheets for this design, 1913. Painted design on six sheets of squared paper for fabric sample, T-1058, a floral design furnishing fabric in green and old rose on tan. Mfrs. #s: Com 4488; Style 3098. Manufacturer termed the design a 'tapestry design'. Point papers were used to plot a design out for cutting the cards for Jacquard-loom-woven textiles.
Two bobbins of silk weaving yarn; Cheney Brothers, 1913. White. On shuttle bobbins. (2 bobbins, L. 6 in.) 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 printed novelty apparel silk with a modernist geometric design. A soft and drapey plain weave fabric. Print is an all over conventionalized 'Egyptian' geometric arc pattern in tan, red, green, lavender, and purple. Sample has significant fading, portions of the lavender areas are pink. (W. 40 in., L. 36 in.) Mfr.# 55895. Small sample cut, 7" L x 33" W, also in collection (.00B).