"Sioux War Bonnet" discharge-printing process sample, Mallinson's American Indian series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of all silk, radium--like plain weave fabric, Mallinson's "Pussy Willow" trade name, quality #5459-G. Cylinder-printed Pussy Willow silk length. Process sample of innovative printing technique, before final finishing. The silk fabric was run through the printing machine and printed in pattern #2522--Sioux War Bonnet--the colors of which were applied simultaneously with the discharge solution so that the dyed ground tone will eventually be eliminated where printed. This sample is from a group of six donated by the company to illustrate the discharge-printing process. Selvage width; selvage inscription. Judging from drawings by free-lance textile designer Walter Mitschke in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Mitschke designed this print and possibly a few others in the American Indian series.
label: Description
content: Mallinson's American Indian series followed the "National Parks" and "Wonder Caves of America" designs, and illustrates the company's continuing interest in using American themes, and in utilizing the collections of New York area museums for research and inspiration.
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: 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.T05747
label: catalog number
content: T5747
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5747
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length (process sample)
label: Object Name
content: fabric length (Process sample)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder-printed (direct and discharge) (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: "Pussy Willow" (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 40 in; 182.88 cm x 101.6 cm