"Sioux War Bonnet" discharge-printing process sample, Mallinson's American Indian series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of all silk, "radium--like" plain weave fabric, Mallinson's "Pussy Willow", quality #5459-H. This process sample of an innovative discharge-printing technique illustrates the fabric after steaming which has dissolved and eliminated the dyed gray ground where the printed colors were applied and caused the printed colors to become not only fixed but more brilliant. This sample is from a group of six donated by the company to illustrate the discharge-printing process. Selvage width; selvage inscription. Judging from drawings by free-lance textile designer Walter Mitschke in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Mitschke designed this print and possibly a few others in the American Indian series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: American Silks
label: See more items in
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.T05748
label: catalog number
content: T5748
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length (process sample)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder-printed (discharge and direct); steamed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 40 in; 182.88 cm x 101.6 cm