"Vagabond Crepe" solid coordinate, Mallinson's Playgrounds of the World series
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Two identical lengths of solid-colored novelty silk Vagabond Crepe-- Mallinson trade name for a crepe weave variation fabric made with regular silk warp, and doupioni (rough, irregular silk reeled from double cocoons) silk in the filling (weft). These samples are piece-dyed gray. The samples are a solid color coordinate for the Playgrounds of the World printed dress silks series. Company numbers: 5923; Color # 946, gray.
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.T05739
label: catalog number
content: T5739
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 5739
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric lengths
label: Object Name
content: fabric lengths
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; piece dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: Vagabond crepe (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm