"Dedicated to the Women of the Allied Nations" dress silk, Mallinson's La Victoire series II
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This design, titled "Dedicated to the Women of the Allied Nations," is from the second La Victoire series by H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc., produced in conjunction with the Peace Conference after the Armistice that ended the fighting in World War in was signed. Machine-printed on Mallinson's trademark "Pussy Willow" silk, one of the firm's most enduring staple qualities, the design depicts stylized female figures in 'national' dress, including a "Liberty" figure to depict American women. Many of the designers and marketing staff in the Mallinson firm, as well as most of the mill-workers, were female. Perhaps this fact encouraged the company to recognize in silk the contributions to victory made by the women who supported the war effort both at home and in the theater of war, as volunteers and in professional capacities.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
label: related event
content: Armistice of November 11, 1918
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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: Mallinson’s La Victoire
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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.T04079
label: accession number
content: 63204
label: catalog number
content: T04079.000
label: catalog number
content: T4079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fuschia (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: "Pussy Willow" (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm