Display of shower-proof silk, Cheney Brothers, Manchester

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:9452

Title

Display of shower-proof silk, Cheney Brothers, Manchester

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1910 to 1919 (year uncertain)

Parent Item

Connecticut Images Collection

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

Lengths of plain and patterned silk are draped in a dramatically lighted alcove. Signs read: "Shower-proof Silk" and "Printed Plush." Two potted palms are on either side. Pipes form a barrier to restrict access. Inscribed on back: "Cheney Bros."

Genre

photographs

Organizations

Creator (cre): August-Patzig

Subject

Silk industry

Textile industry

Display of merchandise

Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company

Geographic Subject

Manchester (Conn.)

Extent

Source extent: 1 photographic print ; 20 x 26 cm.

Held By

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History

Use and Reproduction

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.

Note

Note Type	source note
Note	The Cheney Family and Cheney Brothers Silk Mills

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Livelihood

Note

Title supplied by cataloger. Possibly taken in Cheney Hall. In the 1910s, Cheney Brothers advertised that they were "the oldest and largest successful silk manufacturing company in America and the largest silk manufacturing company in the world." They produced dress silks of all kinds, silks for upholstery and drapery, velvets, cravats, millinery silks, silks for electrical purposes and silk yarns.

Local Identifier

Accession number 1979.25.196

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Display of shower-proof silk, Cheney Brothers, Manchester

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