H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s "Fish Skin" design; "Orchid Tissue Velvet"
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: A length of H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s "Fish Skin" design, printed on "Orchid Tissue Velvet". This is a sheer, almost transparent plain weave ground, double-woven pile fabric with a Japan silk ground and a rayon pile (fabric quality #832). The allover pattern of scales reminiscent of "Fish skin". Manufacturer's pattern number 666.color # 11 (mulberry, gold, tan, black). The manufacturer's description of the process is: "The fabric is piece-dyed for discharge (meaning with a special dye) in a ground color, and the pile made to lie in one direction. The fabric is then run through the printing machine where the pattern is printed on the pile surface, which is afterward erected and finished. With the colors put on in the printing process is mixed a discharge chemical which removes or bleaches the ground color where it is not wanted in the pattern."
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.T05753A
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content: 101284
label: catalog number
content: T05753.00A
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content: T (/) 5753 (/) -A
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content: T5753-A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
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content: pink (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: gray (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: green ground (overall color)
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content: transparent velvet (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double pile woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm