"Guard Mount" dress silk, Mallinson's La Victoire series I
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Figures of infantry and cavalry soldiers assemble at the call of a bugle for “Guard Mount,” the inspection and changing of the guard, in this design from H.R. Mallinson & Co,’s first La Victoire series, produced just before the Armistice that ended the fighting in World War I was signed. The design is machine-printed in five colors on a taupe ground of “Pussy Willow” silk, one of Mallinson's most enduring fabrications. The firm’s marketing brochure stated, "To feature the French soldier at Guard Mount in a design so admirably adapted to feminine wear is indeed a masterpiece in the art of design."
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.T04081
label: accession number
content: 63204
label: catalog number
content: T04081.000
label: catalog number
content: T4081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lavender (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: medium blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: taupe ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm