Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Skein of Cheney Brothers silk organzine, 1913. Black. 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
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Cheney Brothers
- date made
- 1913
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cheney Brothers
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- organzine, dyed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 7 13/16 in; 3.175 cm x 4.445 cm x 19.84375 cm
- Object Name
- Fiber Sample
- silk skein
