"Catalina Island" dress silk; Mallinson's Playgrounds of the World series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Mallinson's trade name "Pussy Willow" silk fabric. Pussy Willow was one of the company's most enduring fabric qualities. It was described as a fine, soft "radium-like", plain weave fabric which is all silk and pure dye, not weighted. This example is printed with an allover scenic pattern "Catalina Islands" one of the H.R. Mallinson & Co. "Playgrounds of the World" series. Colorway: rose pink, red, lavender, yellow, grays, black on white. Company numbers: 1900/2665. Color #16.
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: Migel-Mallinson Silks
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.T05732
label: accession number
content: 101284
label: catalog number
content: T05732.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: lavender (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: Pussy Willow (overall style)
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