Mallinson's "Indestructible" silk crepe; "Tiger Rose" faux batik design
date: label: Date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Mallinson's trade name printed "Indestructible" Crepe. A very thin, semi-sheer silk crepe similar to "Georgette" for dresses; with design "Tiger Rose" printed in 5 colors on light green ground. The wax-resist dyeing technique known as batik (as the technique is known in Indonesia) was extremely popular in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Several textile manufacturers in the United Staes and Europe imitated with machine printing technology the characteristic 'crackle' effect of hand made wax-resist textiles. This is one of those designs, which were very popular for a few years on either side of 1920. "Tiger Rose" was named after a Broadway play starring Lenore Ulric that opened in 1917 and became a silent film in 1923.
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.T04143
label: accession number
content: 63914
label: catalog number
content: T04143.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: light green ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: crepe (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 38 in; 91.44 cm x 96.52 cm