Mallinson's wall-painting design; 1923 "Karnavar" series
date: label: Date made
content: 1923
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of printed "Klo-Ka" fabric from H.R. Mallinson's 1923 "Karnavar" series of dress fabrics. A double-woven fabric with two sets of warps and wefts. Wool forms a plain open weave fabric, and the ground upon which the raised geometric patterns are produced by interlacing with silk warp and weft. Allover printed design of Egyptian hieroglyphs and figures of Egyptian tradespeople, as on a wall painting in an Ancient Egyptian tomb. 6 colors Trade name for this double weave fabrication by Mallinson was "Klo-Ka", from the French term cloque. "Karnavar" was the series name, named by combining the Temple of Karnak with the sponsor of the excavation that discovered Tutankhamen's tomb, Lord Carnavon. HR Mallinson was in Egypt when Tut's tomb was opened, and visited the site by invitation. He wrote a lengthy telegram back to his firm, which was published in the NY Times and helped set off the Tutmania craze for Egyptian motifs.
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.T04591
label: accession number
content: 70218
label: catalog number
content: T04591.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cream ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: double-woven pocket weave; jacquard; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm