Mallinson's "Pussy Willow", solid color coordinate, Beebe expedition series
date: label: Date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Two lengths of piece-dyed, solid color Pussy Willow silk fabric.."Pussy Willow" was a long standing H.R. Mallinson & Co. tradename for a soft drapey plain weave fabric. It was marketed as pure-dye and tub fast (washable). One piece in orange and a second in blue. Solid color coordinates for the print series based on the 1925 New York Zoological Society sponsored expedition to the Galapagos Islands. Drawings by artist Helen Tee Van, who accompanied the expedition (Captained by William Beebe), were used as the basis for a series of printed dress silks by Mallinson.
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
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.T05452.A-B
label: accession number
content: 92859
label: catalog number
content: T05452.A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (a) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (b) (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; piece dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 39 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 100.33 cm