"Indestructible Chiffon Voile" silk length, Solid color coordinate, Mallinson "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 solid red-orange "indestructible Chiffon Voile" - a Mallinson trade name. Solid color sheer coordinate in a color used in various designs of the Early American print series by HR Mallinson & Co. Shade matches one of the print colors in T5943, Early American Transportation, also a sheer. This fabric quality was also available in a solid green piece-dyed shade, also a match to one of the print colors.
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: 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
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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.T05942
label: catalog number
content: T5942
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5942
label: accession number
content: 104252
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk length
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; sheer; piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 39 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 100.33 cm