Mallinson's Morocco series dress silk; "Bahia"
date: label: Date made
content: 1931
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Mallinson's Morocco series printed Silk Crepe: "Bahia". Smooth lustrous plain weave weighted silk fabric made with crepe weft yarn as in flat crepe. Company #s - fabric quality #450; pattern #3566; color #13. Printed design of an allover architectural motif and palm leaf pattern, based on the palace of the (then) Sultan in Marrakech. Tthe landscape in white and rose pink forms the background and large leaf pattern in solid and line black standing out in contrast One of H.R. Mallinson's 1930 "Morocco" print series, inspired by the film starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, which was nomiated for 4 Academy Awards in 1931.
label: Description
content: Once the Great Depression took hold in 1930, textile companies attempted to remain profitable by cutting costs, including moving from "Pure Dye" to "Weighted" silks: weighting meant adding a chemical to the dye bath that was absorbed by the silk and made it fel somewhat heavier and of a better quality.
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.T06752
label: accession number
content: 112893
label: catalog number
content: T06752.000
label: catalog number
content: T6752
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 6752
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; crepe; cylinder-printing (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 38 in; 91.44 cm x 96.52 cm