"California Poppies" - Mallinson's 1915 State Flower series
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1915
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of HR Mallinson's "Pussy Willow" (trade name) taffeta--a printed pure-dye plain weave silk, in the "California Poppy" design from the 1915 "State Flower" series. Colors: pink and green on a plain white ground. Tossed, spaced non-directional layout.
label: Description
content: This series of State Flower designs was printed in limited colors and colorways - perhaps as a result of the dye shortages faced by American industry during World War I, as a result of the British blockade of German ports, and restriction of German exports. Germany was the world's most important producer of synthetic dyestuffs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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.T02818
label: catalog number
content: T2818
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 2818
label: accession number
content: 58952
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; block-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: "Pussy Willow" (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 40 in; 99.06 cm x 101.6 cm