"Havana" 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 H.R. Mallinson's "Havana" design printed novelty dress silk, trade name "Vagabond crepe." This crepe weave fabric was woven with silk warp and doupioni in the weft or filling (rough, irregular silk yarn reeled from double cocoons). The printed design is a "Jazz Age" angular or rayed allover pattern illustrating the people, places, and activities in Havana, Cuba: sailboats, horse-racing, palm trees, nightclubs, etc.. It is one of Mallinson "Playgrounds of the World" series from 1928. The print colors are red, black, brown, and gold on a white ground. Selvage inscription.reads: Mallinson Silks Deluxe Playgrounds of the World Havana. Company numbers: 523/2632. Colorway # 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: 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.T05741
label: catalog number
content: T5741
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5741
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: Vagabond crepe (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm