Items:

1. Cheney Silks lithograph

2. Cheney Silks manufacturers company board:
  • Winding Room - Silk on swifts
  • Entering - Drawing warp through reed and harness
  • Jacquard Weaving - pattern made by cards
  • Printing - Engraved copper rollers, one color each roll
  • Weaving - American head motion hardness looms
  • Dyeing - Skein dyeing by machinery
3. Cheney Silks - Samples showing Raw Silks, Trams and Organzines in the Gum and Dyed:
  • Raw Silk: Japan 13/15 Den.
  • Raw Silk: Italian 14/16 Den.
  • Raw Silk: Sicilian 23/30 Den.
  • Raw Silk: Canton Filature 14/16 Den.
  • Raw Silk: Tussah (wild silk from China)
  • Raw Silk: Doppioni (reeled from double Cocoons spun by two worms)
  • Gum Tram: Japan 13/15 Den., 4 Thread
  • Gum Organzine: Japan 13/15 Den., 2 Thread
  • Tram Black 20 to 22 oz. weighted
  • Tram Color 22 to 24 oz. Tin weighted
  • Organzine Black 16 to 18 oz. Logwood
  • Organzine Color Pure dye
4. Cheney Silks - Samples showing some Types of Dress Goods:
  • Printed Foulard
  • Faille Sublime
  • Lining Silk
  • Crepe de Chine
  • Crepe Meteor
  • Chiffonette Taffeta
  • Silk and Wool Bengaline
  • Satin
5. Cheney Silks - Samples Showing Some Pile Fabrics:
  • Dress Velvet
  • Millinery Velvet
  • Velour Chiffon
  • Dress Velour Chiffon
  • Panne Velvet
  • Fancy Velvet
  • Figures Upholstery Velour
  • Upholstery Velour
6. Cheney Silks - Samples Showing Some Decorative and Upholstery Fabrics:
  • Printed Florentine
  • Brocade
  • Printed Stain Stripe
  • Broche
  • Printed Warp Armure
  • Satin Damask
  • Frisons
  • Satin
7. Cheney Silks - Samples Showing Some Types of Tubular Cravats
  • 10 various color patterns for cravats, or ties