H.R. Mallinson & Co rayon pile crushed velvet
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: A length of H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s rayon pile crushed velvet in red. Sheer, almost transparent, plain weave ground; a double-woven fabric having a silk base and rayon pile - the fabric is woven so the pile warps are shared between two ground cloths woven face to face, and the pile is sheared as the fabric comes off the loom onto the breast beam, making two identical lengths of velvet.. Piece dyed red and while partly dried the cloth is tightly folded lengthwise and twisted. The fabric is then run between cylinders in this tightly wrung condition and when dried has received a permanent crushed finish.
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.T05752
label: accession number
content: 101284
label: catalog number
content: T05752.000
label: catalog number
content: T5752
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5752
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk ground (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rayon pile (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: crushed (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double woven velvet (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm