Mallinson's 1922 "Bokhara" series dress silk
date: label: Date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This printed dress silk from the H.R. Mallinson & Co. series titled "Bokhara" is inspired by designs for Kashmir shawls. The ground is Mallinson's "Indestructuble" silk voile, a semi-sheer fabrication - this particular piece has opaque vertical stripes in satin weave, giving the printed design both soft and crisp outlines. The design is printed in aqua, orange, yellow, pink, and light and dark green on dark blue, The title "Bokhara" was probably used to give an exotic flavor to this collection of prints, which were based on textiles made in India and the trans-Caucasus. Bokhara (Bukhara) is located in Uzbekistan, in Central Asia.
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.T04346
label: accession number
content: 68046
label: catalog number
content: T04346.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain and satin weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm