Mallinson's Morocco series dress silk; "Setat"
date: label: Date made
content: 1931
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Two lengths (different colorways) of Mallinson's Morocco series printed Silk Crepe:"Setat". Smooth lustrous plain weave weighted silk fabric made with crepe weft yarn as in flat crepe. Printed design with an architectural motif named for a settlement in Central Morocco. (A) has a black ground with print in red, 2 shades of green, white, and yellow, (B) has a tan ("mauve bisque") ground with print in lime yellow, "copo de oro", coca, brown, and white. Company #s - fabric quality #450; pattern #847. One of H.R. Mallinson's 1930 "Morocco" print series, inspired by the film starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, which was nominated 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 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: 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.T06748.A-B
label: accession number
content: 112893
label: catalog number
content: T06748.A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan ground (a) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black ground (b) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; crepe; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 38 in; 91.44 cm x 96.52 cm