"Old Ships" dress silk, H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc
date: label: Date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of cylinder-printed Pussy Willow (H. R. Mallinson & Co. trade name) silk. Soft drapey plain weave fabric: Manufacturer's numbers quality #900/ pattern 2320/ colorway 7. A directional, allover layout in a design of old time square-rigged sailing ships on a decorative ground of swirling ocean waves and stylized creatures (eg dolphins and sea monsters from old charts and maps). Light and dark greens, yellow, peach, reddish-brown (henna), and black. Produced in the same season as the "Beebe Expedition" designs, but not as part of that series.
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
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.T05458
label: accession number
content: 92859
label: catalog number
content: T05458.000
label: catalog number
content: T5458
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5458
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: acacia (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cedarwood (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light green ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 39 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 100.33 cm