"The Life of Lincoln" printed dress silk, Mallinson's Early American series
date: label: Date made
content: 1929
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Length of printed "Vagabond Crepe" (Mallinson trade name). Weft ribbed, crepe fabric woven with silk warp and doupion weft. Printed with allover pattern "The Life of Lincoln," one of the Mallinson 1929 "Early American" series. This design depicts Lincoln as the barefoot boy by the log cabin; studying by light of fireplace; as the rail splitter; as well as the White House and the Lincoln Memorial. Colorway: beige ground with print in shades of orange, green, brown, black, red, white. Selvage width; selvage inscription.
label: Description
content: Mallinson's 1929 "Early American" series of printed dress silks was based on historical events and figures that were perceived at the time to consitute a shared American story. It was the last of the company's line of designs based on American themes in which each design was printed in at least seven colors, in several colorways, on three or four different ground cloths. The stock market crash and economic depression that followed made the investment in this kind of design unprofitable.
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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: Mallinson's Early American
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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.T05948
label: accession number
content: 104252
label: catalog number
content: T05948.000
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content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
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content: white (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: orange (overall color)
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content: tan ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 35 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 90.17 cm