M. C. Migel & Co., Inc. "Ad Hoc" printed "Pussy Willow" dress silk; 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: M. C. Migel & Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of M. C. Migel & Co., Inc. "Ad Hoc" printed Pussy Willow "brocade." "Pussy Willow" was an MC Migel, and later HR Mallinson, trade name. Although termed a 'Taffeta brocade', like the other colorways of this piece it is actually a warp-float patterned jacquard woven silk over-printed with a rose stem design. This colorway has a gray ground with flowers in red, pinks, orange, yellow, greens and blue. This is one of 8 samples of M. C. Migel & Co., Inc.'s introductory use of "Ad Hoc" printing in the US in 1914. Ad Hoc printing is defined as "block printing in colors over a jacquard design." M.C. Migel & Co., which in 1915 became H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc., was known for innovation in silk design and silk manufacturing technology.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Migel-Mallinson Silks
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: gift of M.C. Migel & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T1452
label: catalog number
content: T1452
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 1452
label: accession number
content: 57026
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard-woven; block-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: "Pussy Willow" (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 39 1/2 in; 45.72 cm x 100.33 cm