H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s Jewel design "Orchid Tissue Velvet"
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of H.R. Mallinson's printed rayon pile, silk ground fabric: "Orchid tissue Velvet": Sheer plain weave Japan silk ground with a double-woven (shared pile yarn joining two ground cloths woven face to face simultaneously) rayon pile. Discharge printed in a cut gemstone or jewel effect of small octagons. The manufacturer's description of the process is: "The fabric is piece-dyed for discharge (meaning with a special dye) in a ground color, and the pile made to lie in one direction. The fabric is then run through the printing machine where the pattern is printed on the pile surface, which is afterward erected and finished. With the colors put on in the printing process is mixed a discharge chemical which removes or bleaches the ground color where it is not wanted in the pattern."
label: Description
content: The manufacturer's numbers are: fabric quality # 832; pattern # 680; color # 7 (gold with two shades of green and a blue).
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.T05755
label: accession number
content: 101284
label: catalog number
content: T05755.000
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5755
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: transparent velvet (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double pile woven; discharge printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm