"Nenette and RinTinTin" dress silk, Mallinson's La Victoire series II
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: In the summer of 1918, a fad for carrying tiny yarn-doll good luck charms arose in France, supposedly inspired by story about two orphaned children rescued and adopted by a French regiment. “It is taking a long chance in these wild days of war… to go about unprotected by a Nennette and Rintintin.… if you have the one without the other, the charm is broken…” This design depicts the little dolls, linked by a length of yarn. The manufacturer noted that for each yard of the design they sold, five cents would be donated to the relief fund of the orphaned children of Alsace and Lorraine—two French provinces that were occupied by Germany during the war. The design is printed in 6 colors on a dark blue ground on Mallinson's popular "Pussy Willow" silk, from the second La Victoire series produced by Mallinson during the Peace Conference at Versailles in early 1919 that ended the First World War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
label: related event
content: Armistice of November 11, 1918
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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 La Victoire
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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.T04084
label: accession number
content: 63204
label: catalog number
content: T04084.000
label: catalog number
content: T4084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rust (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue ground (overall color)
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