Length of Cheney Brothers silk velvet. Solid cut pile. Dark brown (W. 18-1/2 in., L. 2 yards.) Possibly a millinery or trimming fabric as it is a narrow fabric off the loom.
Man's silk and cotton string necktie. Woven in tubular form. Dark blue Bengaline with blue, white, and gold warp stripes; the reverse side is plain blue.
Original number 120. Gift of Cheney Brothers, Sept. 22, 1921.
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)
A bedspread (with matching pillow sham, .2) made of gathered half circles of rayon taffeta, machine sewn in patterns to a cotton ground. The center panel has the circle patterning, the drops on the side are plain taffeta. The center panel is ornamented with the circle applique in an abstract or modernist pattern resembling faces (owl? bull?) with triangles. Colors are burgundy, purple, pink, brown, terra cotta, blue, teal. The edges are finished with pink cotton tape. The long sides are finished with tri-color pink cording. The side panels are slightly gathered, in plain burgundy taffeta. The ends are finished with the pink tape and the sides with the tricolor cording. The center panel alone is backed in blue plain weave cotton. Center panel is 100" L x 51.5" W. The side panels are 87" L x 19.5" W. Made by Anna Glazer, Bronx, NY, in the 1940s-early 1950s. Her daughter remembered it taking her mother a LONG time to complete.
Length of Cheney Brothers jacquard-figured "Armure Silk" in a Rose/gold colorway. Construction; warp float pattern weave; jacquard loom. Yarns: warp – beige, weft – red. Pattern; Neo-classical. Formal urns with flowers and medallions arranged in vertical stripes. Urn-figured stripes alternate with stripes consisting of small 4-lobed geometric pattern arranged in diagonal grid. Overall effect is rose ground with beige-gold patterning. (W. 51 in., L. 54 in.)
Length of Cheney Brothers "Armure Silk". Warp printed design of branches and leaves in greens and browns with paler fig leaves in background. Solid green weft (W. 53 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.) Broken twill weave producing diagonal figure of tiny triangles.
Length of Cheney Brothers lightweight Dupioni Silk. Plain weave with weft yarn spun from doubled cocoons spun side-by-side creating slubs and irregularities when reeled into yarn. Piece dyed. Pale rose (light pink). Very thin, light fabric, translucent. (W. 30 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
Length of Cheney Brothers silk Chiffon Voile. Plain, slightly open weave. Silk. Piece dyed. Pale rose. Cheney Silks retail label attached to sample with glue or adhesive. (W. 45 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
Man's silk scarf or necktie; Made of crepe faille; Printed in floral pattern. Colors: White on green. Gift of Cheney Brothers; Sept. 22, 1921. Original numbers: 5113169 / 163.
NB: 1920s terminology for men's neckwear was different than late 20th-21st century terminology. Scarf was correct for the period.
Length of Cheney Brothers fabric called "Wash taffeta". Slightly stiff medium weight warp-faced plain weave with closely packed warp yarns. Medium sheen. All-silk. Yarn dyed. Color called "Electric blue". Cheney Silks retail label attached to sample with glue or adhesive (W. 36 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
Length of Cheney Brothers medium weight lining silk for apparel or perhaps furnishings. Steep twill weave; yarn dyed. Light gray.Silk weft, warp may be silk or cotton. Face has more gloss than reverse. Cheney Silks retail label attached with glue or adhesive. (W. 40 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
Length of Cheney Brothers silk furnishing fabric. Process sample of green silk brocade. Reproduction of antique brocade. (W. 50 in., L. 54 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
