"The Mayflower Pilgrims" dress silk, Mallinson's Early American series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
label: date made
content: 1929
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Length of weft ribbed, crepe fabric (mfr #523, Mallinson trade name Vagabond Crepe) woven with silk warp and doupioni weft. printed allover pattern (mfr #2765), "The Mayflower Pilgrims," one of the 1929 "Early American" series in which a pictorial history is revealed in illustrations of: landing of the Pilgrims; Indian messenger; Marching to church; Homelife of Priscilla and John Alden; First Thanksgiving Feast and First Saw-mill. Colorway with a white ground, print in reds, browns, oranges, black, blue. Selvage width; selvage inscription.
label: Description
content: Mallinson's 1929 "Early American" series of printed dress silks was based on historical events and figures that were perceived at the time to consitute a shared American story. It was the last of the company's line of designs based on American themes in which each design was printed in at least seven colors, in several colorways, on three or four different ground cloths. The stock market crash and economic depression that followed made the investment in this kind of design unprofitable.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: depicted
content: Thanksgiving
label: depicted
content: Pilgrims
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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 Early American
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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.T05947
label: catalog number
content: T5947
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5947
label: accession number
content: 104252
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 39 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 100.33 cm