Stage with display of Cheney Brothers silk fabrics, Manchester
PhotographerPhotographed by
August Patzig
German-American
Date1908
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 11 x 14 3/16in. (28 x 36cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
DescriptionA long gown, hats and lengths of silk dress fabrics are displayed on dummies on individual platforms on a stage. Plain and printed fabrics are exhibited. Curtains hang from the walls in the background. Bolts of cloth or ribbon are displayed in a case decorated with bows in the foreground. Light fixtures are on either side.
Object number1979.25.205
NotesSubject Note: 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.On View
Not on view
