Original colored design for fabric #T2834 showing 4 color variations. 5 specimens. 9.5" x 12.5" Design for a printed Florentine silk. In addition to the silk sample and original design, this set includes the enlarged design for the pantograph plates and the zinc plates, T2832 and T2833.
Original colored design for fabric #T2834 showing 4 color variations. 5 specimens. 9.5" x 12.5" Design for a printed Florentine silk. In addition to the silk sample and original design, this set includes the enlarged design for the pantograph plates and the zinc plates, T2832 and T2833.
Original colored design for fabric #T2834 showing 4 color variations. 5 specimens. 9.5" x 12.5" Design for a printed Florentine silk. In addition to the silk sample and original design, this set includes the enlarged design for the pantograph plates and the zinc plates, T2832 and T2833.
Original colored design for fabric #T2834 showing 4 color variations. 5 specimens. 9.5" x 12.5" Design for a printed Florentine silk. In addition to the silk sample and original design, this set includes the enlarged design for the pantograph plates and the zinc pantograph plates, T2832 and T2833.
Cheney Brothers painted textile design for printed Crepe Velour. Original colored designs for fabric T2826, also in this donation. 2 specimens: 11" x 12" (A) and 6" x 15" (B). The designs illustrate three different colorways. The set for this design also includes the enlarged design for the pantograph plates (T2824) and a set of 2 pantograph plates (T2825).
Cheney Brothers painted textile design for printed Crepe Velour. Original colored designs for fabric T2826, also in this donation. 2 specimens: 11" x 12" and 6" x 15". The designs illustrate three different colorways. The set for this design also includes the enlarged design for the pantograph plates (T2824) and a set of 2 pantograph plates (T2825).
Cheney Brothers Jacquard silk man's cravat (neckwear), 1925. Woven in tubular form; Reversible. Allover pattern in a white outline effect on a blue satin ground; Satin weave ground; Jacquard figure. Com. # 5154..
Cheney Brothers silk Jacquard woven cravat, 1925. Polka dot pattern in gold on a dark blue satin weave ground, reversible. Woven in tubular form. Com.@ 5155
Cheney Brothers man's silk neckwear - scarf or necktie, of woven bengaline (a ribbed or corded silk fabric) printed with a large Roman plaid in red, blue, and natural); 1925 = Pattern #57, shape 264. (Cat.# T05143)
Cheney Brothers Ondule Bengaline scarf or necktie, 1925. A Crepe-like silk fabric with the weft cords producing an ondule or waved effect. Printed with an allover speckle or spatter pattern of blue and gray-beige. Made from silk T5149. Shape 264.
1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Scarf was correct for the period.
Man's silk faille scarf or necktie, Cheney Brothers; 1925 = Pattern #1, shape 264. Plain weave ribbed silk; Faille. A medium-weight warp-faced plain weave ribbed silk fabric in blue, with a printed plaid design in light blue, red, and yellow, imitating a woven plaid. The plaid is printed with a diagonal orientation so that ties cut on the bias would show the plaid as straight.
1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Scarf was correct for the period.
Man's silk necktie or scarf; Cheney Brothers; 1925 = made up from silk pattern #257, in shape 264. Plain weave ribbed silk; Faille. A lightweight warp-faced plain weave ribbed silk, in dark blue, with a printed design of diagonal bands made up of multicolor dots in a speckled effect: bands alternate predominatly white with predominantly red. The other print colors are light blue, yellow, green, and gray.
1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Scarf was correct for the period.
1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Scarf was correct for the period.
"Winding Thread from Skeins to Bobbins--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Keystone View Co. Closeup of machinery winding raw silk from large reels onto bobbins for the spinning machine. 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".
"Weighing and Sorting Raw Silk--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Woman worker at scale, surrounded by piles of shining raw silk skeins. 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".
"First Drawing of Fibers--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Factory interior view of women workers tending drawing machines (process like carding or combing fibers, but for silk). 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". Keystone View Co
"Lapping Machine--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Woman worker taking dressed silk fiber batts and overlapping them as they go through the lapping machine in preparation for spinning into yarn. 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". Keystone View Co.
"Twister at Work--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Mill in terior with male worker in foreground at twisting machine. Keystone View Co. 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".
"Beaming off Warp--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Woman worker tending large machine that is winding off the warp beam, in preparation for warping the loom to weave silk cloth. 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". Keystone View Co.
"The 'Drawing-In' of Warp--Cheney Brothers Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Woman seated at the back of a loom, drawing the warp threads through the heddles in preparation for weaving. 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". Keystone View Co.
