Sample length of Cheney Brothers dress silk, warp-faced plain weave taffeta. All-silk. Yarn dyed; wide pink and white warp stripes with 2 narrow pink stripes on each side of the white stripe. Fairly stiff, medium sheen. Pink and cream warp stripes, white silk weft yarns.
Cheney Brothers fabric length of heavy weight silk-faced, cotton-backed satin. Piece dyed. Greenish Yellow. Significant fading or discoloration to beige/gold. 4 in. square cut from corner of length. (W. 54 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
Sample of Cheney Brothers midweight solid cut pile silk velvet in black. Silk pile warp; cotton ground warp and weft. Steep twill selvage in white cotton.. (W. 18 in., L. 1 yard.). Possibly a millinery or trimming fabric as it is a narrow fabric off the loom.
Length of Cheney Brothers lightweight silk and wool fabric, called Bengaline, with crosswise ribs. 1913. Plain weave, warp-faced, with fine horizontal ribbing. Silk warp and fine wool weft. Piece dyed. Light gray. (W. 24 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.) Soft hand.
Sample of Collins & Aikman Corporation mercerized cotton figured upholstery velvet, 1929. Cut pile in a diamond grid with an open center voided to a plain weave ground. The grid pattern is dark brown and white with a bright green dot at each intersection. The ground alternates red and yellow warps, with a dark brown weft. Non-directional design.The green and white pile warps are sheared away on the back of the cloth, and not continuos from one area of use to another. Half width. Machine overlocked on three sides; no selvage.
Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
Sample of Collins & Aikman Corporation figured upholstery velvet, 1929. Cut pile geometric pattern of arcs and angles, late Art Deco styling, in light gray, pink, orange, dark red, blue. Pile in cotton rayon, varying lusters. Ground weft is tan cotton. Some areas of the pattern are highlighted by a voided outline. The ground is tied in twill weave, and the pile warps are woven into the ground on the reverse. Half Width. Machine overlock stitching finished three edges.
Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
Four samples (half width) of mohair upholstery plush; solid cut mohair pile on a heavy cotton back. Long pile is laid flat by pressing to give added luster. Dyed in the following shades: A) copper: rust-red on a cotton ground with black warp and pale yellow weft. Half width. Machine overlock stitching finishes three edges. No selvage.
.B) rose, C) green, D) orchid.
Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
Sample of Collins & Aikman Corporation figured upholstery velvet, 1929. Multi-color lustrous cut pile pattern of floral/foliate meander against a gray pile background with deliberate strie, and a voided floral pattern tied in twill. The pile colors are organized in vertical bands (predominatly rust-brown-red and predominantly green-blue-yellow, in the cataloging sample). The pile warps are woven into the ground on the reverse of the cloth, not sheared. Colors: gray ground with deliberate strie shading; dark brown, yellows, reds, blues, greens. Half width.
Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
Sample of Collins & Aikman Corporation figured upholstery velvet, 1929. Cut pile multi-color pattern of palm leaves in dark brown,with filler motifs in rust-red, blue, gray, purple, green, beige. Pattern is highlighted against a voided groundtied in twill weave. The pile warps are organized in vertical bands of related colors; these are woven into the ground fabric when not in use on the surface, thus giving a color-shaded effect to the voided areas. Lustrous rayon pile, cotton ground, tan weft. Machine overlock stitching on three edges. no selvage. Half width.
Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
Sample of Collins & Aikman Corporation figured cotton upholstery velvet, 1929. Multi-colored, yarn-dyed, jacquard-woven cotton pile fabric withtwill weave ground. An allover large scale bold floral pattern stands out in relief against the voided ground where the pile yarn has been interwoven with the ground structure. Predominatly dark blue and white with lighter blues, yellows, greens, tan, and gray with a tan weft. Some of the design elements have been striped dark blue and white to imitate an antique strie. Half width. Machine overlocked on three sides; no selvage.
Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.
Military Execution of James Griffin, alias John Thomas Barnett, a Private of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, for Desertion and Highway Robbery, At Portsmouth, VA, Sept. 17th, 1863
Endicott & Co. Lith. 55 Beekman Street, New York. Identification of troops ranged around the scene of the firing squad, including colored troops; civilian bystanders, including African Americans. 1st Regt US Col’d Troops; 2nd US Col’d Troops; 21st Conn. Vols; Detach’t 7th NY Battery; Detach’t 5th Pa Cavalry; Detach’t 11th Pa Cavalry; 14th NY Vols.
This print represents a standardized image format showing the array of regiments and firing squad. The names of the deserter, regiments, place, and date have been printed separately from the image, suggesting a design template to which appropriate names and dates could be added.
Sample length of a Cheney Brothers Panne Silk Velvet, 1913. Midweight solid cut pile velvet, panne (flattened or pressed) finish. Silk. Blue silk pile warp and ground warp; blue cotton ground weft. White twill selvage with white silk warp and a black inner stripe. Significant discoloration or fading in the piece (W. 18-1/2 in., L. 1 yard.) Possibly a millinery or trimming fabric as it is a narrow fabric off the loom.
This nameboard is one of two that announced the Leviathan's name from the port and starboard railings on the top of her officers' quarters. This is the portside nameboard.
The ocean liner Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany's Hamburg-American Line in 1914. During World War I the American government seized the ship and operated it as a troopship. After a complete reconditioning at Newport News, Virginia, in 1922-23, the Leviathan became the flagship of the new United States Lines, which operated it for the U.S. Shipping Board until 1929. Subsequently sold into private hands, the ship ran until 1934. Laid up as a result of high operating costs and low Depression-era patronage, the Leviathan was sold to Scottish shipbreakers in 1938 and dismantled.
Sample length of a Cheney Brothers midweight, soft finish, black solid cut silk pile velvet. Silk.pile warp, cotton ground warp and weft, also in black, with white twill weave, cotton warp selvage edges. One cut edge is machine finished (serged) in white thread. (W. 18-1/2 in., L. 1 yard.) Possibly a millinery or trimming fabric as it is a narrow fabric off the loom.
Length of Cheney Brothers all silk, twill weave, lining fabric, with yarn dyed stripes. Medium weight, slight sheen on face, dull back. Narrow stripes of dark blue (or black), light blue, and yellow on an off-white ground. (W. 40 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
Length of Cheney Brothers Dress Silk "Bengal Pongee", 1913. Textured plain weave with a color effect through warp and weft in different colors. Yarn dyed with black weft and white warp. Overall color effect is gray with a black strie (irregular stripe) in the warp direction. Quality: Bengal Pongee (W. 24 in., L. 1-1/2 yd.)
Length of Cheney Brothers Silk Panne Velvet, 1913. A light to medium-weight solid cut pile velvet, with a panne (flattened pile) finish. Silk pile warp in light blue; Probably silk ground warp and weft, in darker blue. (W. 18 in., L. 1 yard.) Subtle strie effect, perhaps from the show-through of the darker ground cloth through the flattened pile. Possibly a millinery or trimming fabric as it is a narrow fabric off the loom.
