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.
One of a set, in three sheets, of the enlarged textile design for preparing pantograph plates; to transfer the design to the copper cylinders or rollers to print the design for fabrics T.1041-1043, titled "Bulgarian". Cheney Brothers, 1913. 3 sheets. Com. 4454; Style 3670/4; No. 536. Modernist floral, inspired by Fauve coloring and European modernist styling.
Design depicting a floral motif mostly in black ink with green, red, blue and yellow accent lines. Two flowers with branching stems and leaves, and irregular circular shapes dotting the background. The top left and right corners of the paper are rounded. "1039" written in pencil inside a rectangular box in the top left corner. Indistinct words written in pencil at the top center. Faint pencil sketching and grid lines overall. Small triangular cut-outs in five places along the central axes. "T1039C" written in the bottom right corner. "T1039C" written in top left corner of verso. Pencil sketching on the left side.
Man's silk scarf (neckwear) of purple bengaline, a warp-faced plain weave with a pronounced crosswise rib, by Cheney Brothers, 1913. 1 tie, cut on the bioas and sewn to shape; ends are pointed, one end wider than the other. Solid color. Unlined. Purple dye is fading unevenly.
Educational poster for Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers Manufacturers, South Manchester, CT. Japanese Silk Production, shows the steps of the process in manufacture. 6 vignettes in small b/w photographs.
Man's neckwear; Cheney Brothers, silk crepe de chine, 1913. Man's silk scarf or necktie of bright pink silk crepe de chine. 1 tie. Cut on the bias and shaped to be wider at one end than the other. Pointed ends. Unlined.
Cheney Brothers men's warp-printed cravats, in the piece, 1913. Printed warp produicing a tubular woven fabric with red, blue, and white speckle design, as it comes from the loom. Two(?) ties in one piece. Originally a single length, at some point in the past this was cut into two lengths, each containing one tie length.
Bag of Japan white silkworm cocoons, Cheney Brothers, 1913. Silk. White Japan cocoons. 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 Cheney Brothers Silk Yarn, 1913. White. 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
Cheney Brothers men's dark blue satin weave tubular cravats, in the piece, 1913. Plain satin as it came from the loom; three ties in one length. Dark blue. Tubular weave. Originally a single length, at some point in the past this was cut into two lengths, each containing one and one-half tie lengths.
