"Martha Washington" dress silk; Mallinson's George Washington Bicentennial series
date: label: Date made
content: 1932
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Mallinson's pure dye silk crepe--soft lustrous plain weave fabric #7102 (same construction as T-6943) pattern #3967 "Martha Washington," one of the George Washington Bicentennial Prints, in multi-colors on a soft coral-pink ground. The bee and tiny flower garlands were inspired by hand-painted motifs on the original dress, worn by Martha Washington during the administration of George Washington, in the collection at NMAH.
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.T06944
label: catalog number
content: T6944
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 6944
label: accession number
content: 118355
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed
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content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm