H.R. Mallinson's "Slendora Brocade" process sample, boiled off
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: A process sample length of H.R. Mallinson's "Slendora Brocade" in a snakeskin pattern. Slendora Brocade is a weft-figured Jacquard woven fabric, with a rayon pattern weft and silk ground. This process sample illustrates the cloth from the loom, after it has been boiled in soap and water to remove the gum of the silk and then finished. See T05756. Manufacturer's numbers: Fabric quality #4019; pattern # 8529; color #901, white.
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.T05757
label: accession number
content: 101284
label: catalog number
content: T05757.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: Slendora brocade (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven; compound weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 40 in; 182.88 cm x 101.6 cm