"Dolly Madison" dress silk; Mallinson's George Washington Bicentennial series
date: label: Date made
content: 1932
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of printed pure dye silk crepe--soft lustrous, plain weave fabric #7102 (same construction as T 6943) pattern #3968 "Dolly Madison," one of the H.R. Mallinson & Co. George Washington Bicentennial celebratory prints. The wheat design in black and white on a yellow ground, is an adaptation of the brocaded pattern of a dress worn by Dolly Madison during the administration of James Madison. At the time this print series was introduced in 1931, this dress and others used for inspiration in this line of silk prints were on exhibition at the National Museum (now NMAH.)
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.T06945
label: catalog number
content: T6945
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 6945
label: accession number
content: 118355
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed
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: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm