:"Newport" dress silk; Mallinson's Playgrounds of the World series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Mallinson's "Pussy Willow" trademark silk, printed with an allover pattern titled "Newport" from the "Playgrounds of the World" series. Shades of yellow, rust, black, green and white on a ground of green. Printed "Pussy Willow silk", a fine, soft, radium-like, plain weave fabric. Selvage width; selvage inscription: Mallinson's Silks DeLuxe Playgrounds of the World Newport. Judging from drawings by free-lance textile designer Walter Mitschke in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Mitschke designed this print. Company numbers 1900/2667. Colorway #7. An image from the publicity brochure for this series is atached to this record.
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: 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.T05734
label: catalog number
content: T5734
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5734
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: 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: Physical Description
content: "Pussy Willow" (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 36 in; 101.6 cm x 91.44 cm