1886
Fabric sample
Antiqued brocade: designs are in the manner of the old handwoven fabrics; uses: re-upholstering antique furniture 8 x 10" mounted.
The first silk mill in the United States was begun by Rodney and Horatio Hanks, at Mansfield, Connecticut in 1810. The “mill” was only 12 ft by 12 ft in size. The mill made sewing thread by adding twist on machines of their design run by water power. The first really successful manufacturers of silk in the United States were the Cheney Brothers. The original mill was begun as the Mt. Nebo Silk Mills, South Manchester, Connecticut, in January, 1838. They made the first jacquard loom in the United States, which would then be imported to France.
Provenance:
Textile labs
Construction Label:
Cheney bros., manchester, CT.
1968T 1886.927
Antiqued brocade: designs are in the manner of the old handwoven fabrics; uses: re-upholstering antique furniture 8 x 10" mounted.
The first silk mill in the United States was begun by Rodney and Horatio Hanks, at Mansfield, Connecticut in 1810. The “mill” was only 12 ft by 12 ft in size. The mill made sewing thread by adding twist on machines of their design run by water power. The first really successful manufacturers of silk in the United States were the Cheney Brothers. The original mill was begun as the Mt. Nebo Silk Mills, South Manchester, Connecticut, in January, 1838. They made the first jacquard loom in the United States, which would then be imported to France.
Provenance:
Textile labs
Construction Label:
Cheney bros., manchester, CT.
1968T 1886.927