"Ships & Fortresses" 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 printed Mallinson's "Indestructible" Voile. A sheer, plain weave silk fabric. Manufacturer's numbers: #800/2321/4. All over printed pattern in rose, green, yellow, brown, black, and blue of square-rigged sailiing ships, other boats, and island fortresses against a busy sea made up of dashes and swirls of color. Released at the same time as, but not a part of, the 1925 Mallinson "Beebe expedition" print series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: American Silks
label: See more items in
content: American Silk Industry
label: See more items in
content: Migel-Mallinson Silks
label: See more items in
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.T05460
label: accession number
content: 92859
label: catalog number
content: T05460.000
label: catalog number
content: T5460
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5460
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; sheer; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 37 in; 91.44 cm x 93.98 cm