"Flower Market of the Madeleine" dress silk, Mallinson's Playgrounds of the World series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of printed "Indestructible Chiffon Voile" dress silk, from H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s "Playgrounds of the World" series of printed silks. This sample is an allover printed design, "Flower Market of the Madeleine", incorporating views of an architectural feature within a framework of floral nosegays in various colors. Colors are blue, pink, red, yellows, and purple on a white ground.. Mallinson trade name "Indestructible Chiffon Voile" was an important fabric quality for the firm. It was a fine, sheer plain weave silk. Selvage inscription - Mallinson's Silks Deluxe Playgrounds of the World Flower Market of the Madeleine. The series dates to 1928 and included both European and American "playgrounds". NMAH holds samples of each design in the series.. Company numbers: 1800/2673. Colorway # 11.
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.T05737
label: catalog number
content: T5737
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5737
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: "Indestructible Voile" (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 36 in; 101.6 cm x 91.44 cm