Mallinson's Morocco series dress silk; "Fleur de Maroc"
date: label: date made
content: 1931
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of printed "Vagabond Crepe" (Mallinson trade name for a weft-ribbed crepe fabric.). Woven with weighted silk warp and doupioni (rough irregular silk reeled from double cocoons) weft. Printed pattern, company # 3579,"Fleur de Maroc" (Flower of Morocco), a combination of a large flower blossom motif in gold, parakeet green, cocoa, rust, lime yellow, and Arabic script in white, on a beige ground. Color # 12.
label: Description
content: One of H.R. Mallinson's 1930 "Morocco" print series, inspired by the film starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, which was nomiated for 4 Academy Awards in 1931.
label: Description
content: Once the Great Depression took hold in 1930, textile companies attempted to remain profitable by cutting costs, including moving from "Pure Dye" to "Weighted" silks: weighting meant adding a chemical to the dye bath that was absorbed by the silk and made it fel somewhat heavier and of a better quality.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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.T06757
label: catalog number
content: T6757
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 6757
label: accession number
content: 112893
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 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm