Object Details
- Description
- Cheney Brothers point paper, for design for furnishing fabric, 1 of 6 sheets for this design, 1913. Painted design on six sheets of squared paper for fabric sample, T-1058, a floral design furnishing fabric in green and old rose on tan. Mfrs. #s: Com 4488; Style 3098. Manufacturer termed the design a 'tapestry design'. Point papers were used to plot a design out for cutting the cards for Jacquard-loom-woven textiles.
- "point paper" depicting a green, gold and pink floral motif. Numerical scale written in pencil on the right side runs from 168 to 320. "2" and "2nd Mach" written in black ink on the top margin. "2 - B" written on the top margin in pencil. " T- 1057" written in pencil on the top right corner; the "1057" in a rectangle. "3098" stamped in purple ink on the right edge of the verso. "2" stamped in purple ink below that. "T.1057E" written in pencil on the left edge.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Cheney Brothers
- date made
- 1913
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cheney Brothers
- Object Name
- point paper
- textile design
