"Rhode Island Violets" - 1915 Mallinson State Flower series
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1915
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of H.R. Mallinson's pure-dye "Pussy Willow" (trade name) Taffeta--a plain weave silk, cylinder (roller) printed with one of the company's 1915 "State flower" designs: Rhode Island Violets --colors: lavenders and greens on a plain white ground. The sprays of violets are scattered across the ground fabric, in a non-directional layout.
label: Description
content: This series of State Flower designs was printed in limited colors and colorways - perhaps as a result of the dye shortages faced by American industry during World War I, as a result of the British blockade of German ports, and restriction of German exports. Germany was the world's most important producer of synthetic dyestuffs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Silk Industry
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content: Migel-Mallinson Silks
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02816
label: catalog number
content: T2816
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 2816
label: accession number
content: 58952
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; block-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 40 in; 99.06 cm x 101.6 cm