"Vagabond Crepe" silk length, Solid color coordinate, Mallinson's "Early American" series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
label: date made
content: 1929
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Length of a novelty silk fabric: Mallinson trademark "Vagabond crepe"--weft ribbed, crepe fabric (mfr #6523), woven with silk warp and dupioni (rough irregular silk reeled from double cocoons) weft. Piece dyed liqueur green (mfr #10530) - orange colorway also in the collection. Selvage width, selvage inscription. A solid color coordinating fabric for the print colors used in various colorways of the H.R. Mallinson Early American series of printed dress silks.
label: Description
content: Mallinson's 1929 "Early American" series of printed dress silks was based on historical events and figures that were perceived at the time to consitute a shared American story. It was the last of the company's line of designs based on American themes in which each design was printed in at least seven colors, in several colorways, on three or four different ground cloths. The stock market crash and economic depression that followed made the investment in this kind of design unprofitable.
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
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content: Mallinson's Early American
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.T05946.B
label: catalog number
content: T5946B
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5946 (/) B
label: accession number
content: 104252
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk length
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 39 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 100.33 cm