Length of Cheney Brothers piece-dyed silk "Shikii" fabric; 1925 A plain weave all silk drapery or apparel fabric with a silk warp and silk frisons weft (#24272) creating a rough surface effect and light sheen. Piece dyed brown (#102) with a dye which is guaranteed as sunfast. Wholesaled for $1.45 per yard. (W. 30 in., L 36 in.)
A length of Cheney Brothers silk "Shikii" drapery or apparel fabric. A plain weave drapery fabric (#94985) with a rough surface made with silk warp and silk frisons weft, creating a rough effect. Piece dyed peacock green (#105) with a dye that is guaranteed as sunfast. Wholsealed for $1.45 per yd. ( 30 in., L. 36 in.)
Second of a set of two Cheney Brothers red silk and cotton satin-striped furnishing / upholstery fabric samples. A mid-to-heavyweight drapey fabric with satin weave stripes on a broken twill ground. Woven with a dull red cotton weft and a bright red silk warp. (W. 48 in., L. 2 yds). Original specimen appears to have been cut into 2 pieces.
Two identical lengths of Jacquard-figured, silk pile furnishing fabric; having ground and pile warps of organzine silk, and cotton filling in the back. Style #23/901 Large conventional pattern (Pompeian) in wine color velvet pile on golden tan ground. Wholesale $18.00 a Yard. Piece B originally cut from Piece A. Mill: Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Conn.
Voided velvet, silk pile and face and cotton back.
Cheney Brothers Educational poster with pile fabric samples. Samples showing some velvets attached to card. Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers Manufacturers, South Manchester, CT. Shades of white, brown, black. One green, one pink.
Cheney Silks educational poster with samples showing the manufacture of spun silk yarns from waste silk attached to card. Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers Manufacturers, South Manchester, CT.
A sample length of Cheney Brothers all-silk dress velvet, "Velours Chiffon" in fuchsia pink. 1925. Short cut pile solid color velvet with a soft, drapy hand.
Man's silk scarf (neckwear) of Persian striped peau de soie, by Cheney Brothers, 1913 Brown plain weave ground with a center woven patterned stripe in a repeating Persian or Indian shawl type lozenge design in red, blue, yellow. Tubular weave.
Cheney Brothers silk barathea cravat or necktie, 1913. Man's silk cravat, barathea - a textured weave of tiny bars - in a dark blue, tubular weave. Termed a cravat in the original cataloging.
