"Tuileries Gardens" dress silk; Mallinson's Playgrounds of the World series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of "Salora Crepe" dress silk, printed with the "Tuileries Garden" design from H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s "Playgrounds of the World" series of printed silks. This allover printed design, "Tuileries Gardens", is a repeating landscape design with trees, fountains, lawns, and statuary, in pink, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, black, and white on a beige ground. "Salora" crepe is a Mallinson tradename for a fine, closely woven fabric similar to a crepe de chine. Selvage inscription - Mallinson's Silks Deluxe Playgrounds of the World The Tuileries Gardens. The series dates to 1928 and included both European and American "playgrounds". NMAH holds samples of each design in the series..A photograph from the donor of an area represented in this design is part of this accession.
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 & Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T5743
label: catalog number
content: T5743
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5743
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: 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: Physical Description
content: Salora crepe (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 38 in; 91.44 cm x 96.52 cm