Scarf, "Niagara Falls" silk; Mallinson's National Parks series
date: label: Date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: In late 1926 American silk manufacturer H.R. Mallinson & Co. introduced a bold new line of printed silks, twelve landscape designs, each available in from eight to twelve colorways (color combinations) on three different ground fabrics. The designs celebrated America's National Parks - then only a decade old. The designs represented all the usual styles necesssary for making clothing: allover prints, horizontal stripes, checks, a border design. This long rectangular scarf is made from the overall design depicting Niagara Falls, on Mallinson's trademark Pussy Willow silk. The scarf is finished with a machine-stitched picot edging along the sides, and finished at the ends with an 8 1/2 inch wide border of plain orange Pussy Willow silk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: depicted
content: United States: New York, Niagara Falls
topic: label: web subject
content: National Parks
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Mallinson's National Parks
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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.T05573
label: accession number
content: 95522
label: catalog number
content: T5573
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scarf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: grey (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 22 in; 228.6 cm x 55.88 cm