M. C. Migel & Co., Inc. "Ad Hoc" printed dress silk; 1914
date: label: Date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: M. C. Migel & Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of M. C. Migel & Co., Inc "Ad Hoc" printed "Pussy Willow" Taffeta Brocade. Pure-dye, piece dyed, satin brocade taffeta, over printed by "Ad Hoc " process; first example of use in the U.S.
label: Description
content: Warp float patterned jacquard-woven dress silk over-printed with rose stem design. One of 4 colorways of the same design. This colorway has a very dark green (almost black) ground with the flowers in orange-red, red, browns, peach, blue, yellow. with pink accent. "Ad Hoc" printing was defined as over printing in colors on a jacquard woven ground. M.C. Migel & Co., which in 1915 became H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc., was known for innovation in silk design and silk manufacturing technology.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of M.C. Migel & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01450.000
label: accession number
content: 57026
label: catalog number
content: T01450.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: "Pussy Willow" (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven; block-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 39 1/2 in; 50.8 cm x 100.33 cm