H.R. Mallinson & Co. screen-printed silk shawl
date: label: date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: An H.R. Mallinson & Co. screen-printed silk crepe shawl. An all silk, medium weight crepe fabric (quality # 1754); screen-printed with a floral pattern - somewhat 'orientalist" in inspiration - in dark red, rust red, yellow, pink, cerise, brown, buff, purple, black, and white on a golden orange-yellow ground. The design forms a border across one end that runs part way up the selvage sides. A single flower motif finishes the two upper corners. Colorway # 3. The edges have been roll-hemmed. One of a group of five screen-printed silk crepe shawls given by the Mallinson firm in 1928 to illustrate their early use of this new printing technique in industrial production.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island 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.T05763
label: catalog number
content: T05763.000
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed
label: Object Name
content: shawl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; screen-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 80 in x 52 in; 203.2 cm x 132.08 cm