Mallinson's "Undersea" design dress silk; "Undersea" series
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1920
label: date made
content: 1920
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of fine sheer silk with a crepe finish, for dresses, printed with a design of corals, seaweeds, fish, bubbles, and other underwater motifs in an allover layout, printed in dark and light pinks, gray, and light orange on a beige ground. The print cloth or ground fabric is Mallinson's trade name "Indestructible Voile" or sheer crepe georgette. One of H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s 1920 "Undersea" series printed dress silks. Donated in April 1920.
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: American Silk Industry
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content: Migel-Mallinson Silks
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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.T04166
label: catalog number
content: T4166
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 4166
label: accession number
content: 64858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Plain weave, sheer crepe; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm