Mallinson's "Mermaid" dress silk; "Undersea" series, 1920
date: label: Date made
content: c.1920
label: date made
content: 1920
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of hand-block-printed, satin-striped, Indestructible Voile -- A Mallinson trade name for a sheer, plain weave silk fabric. This example has satin-weave stripes of two widths combined to form a 9 3/4" warp stripe. Printed by hand, with large circular motifs in "Mermaid" design (mermaids and fish swimming in a roundel format) in 5 colors (orange, turquoise, purple, gray, pink, and beige) on a black ground. This design was probably purchased by Mallinson from textile designer and participant in the numerous desin contests of the period, Hazel Burnham Slaughter.
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.T04165
label: catalog number
content: T4165
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 4165
label: accession number
content: 64858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; satin weave; hand block-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm