"Beebe Bug" burnout chiffon; Mallinson's 1925 Beebe expedition series
date: label: Date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s printed "chiffon brocade" in beiges, gray, and rose on a black ground. Novelty weft-figured, thin, gauze like fabric. Manufacturer's numbers: 535/2192/10. Woven leaf and stem ground pattern produced by extra weft thread of rayon, those that float on the back of the goods from one outline of the pattern to another are trimmed or "burned"off by printing with a chemical, leaving the raised design on a sheer ground. Overprinted (discharge?) with a repeating design of a large tropical moth by Helen Tee Van, from one of her sketches from the 1925 New York Zoological Society sponsored expedition to the Galapagos Islands and Sargasso Sea captained by William Beebe.
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.T05462
label: accession number
content: 92859
label: catalog number
content: T05462.000
label: catalog number
content: T5462
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5462
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk, rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: compound weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm