Mallinson's "Canterbury Pilgrims" dress silk; 1919
date: label: Date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of cylinder-printed "Pussy Willow " (HR Mallinson & Co. trade name) silk. A soft, drapey, plain weave fabric printed with an allover design: titled "Canterbury Pilgrims" in 6 colors. The design, which features figures in medieval dress on horseback against a townscape, in a stylized layout with random line work, was taken from the "Chaucer Window", a stained glass window in an English cathedral.
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.T04146
label: accession number
content: 63914
label: catalog number
content: T04146.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rose (overall color)
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content: cream (overall color)
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content: tan (overall color)
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content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: taupe (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 38 in; 91.44 cm x 96.52 cm