One of two sheets of an enlarged textile design for pantograph plates; for Cheney Brothers printed Samara silk. Fabric sample catalogue number - T2830. Also related to T2829, 3 specimens, zinc plates for pantograph machine.
Cheney Brothers Educational poster. Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers Manufacturers, South Manchester, CT. American Silk Manufacture, showing some of the steps in the process of silk manufacture within the mill.
One of two sheets of an enlarged textile design for pantograph plates; for Cheney Brothers printed Samara silk. Fabric sample catalogue number - T2830. Also related to T2829, 3 specimens, zinc plates for pantograph machine.
Cheney Brothers Educational poster, with images of Japanese Silk Production, showing the stages of raising and reeling raw silk in Japan. Starting with gathering leaves to reeling raw silk. Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers Manufacturers, South Manchester, CT.
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.
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.
Length of Cheney Brothers black silk velvet ribbon. Width = 48''''(lignes) x 4 yds Cheney Brothers was one of the earliest and perhaps the longest-lived of all American silk textile manufacturing companies. Its mill complex was a vertical operation which employed much of the population of South Manchester, Connecticut, for decades.
