H.R. Mallinson & Co. dress silk; "Persian"; Martha Ryther, designer
date: label: Date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of printed "Pussy Willow" (Mallinson trade name) silk. Soft, drapey, plain weave fabric printed with an allover "16th Century Persian Design" in 6 colors on a gray ground. The design incorporates hunters in Persian costume, flowers and foliage, and deer, in a regular repeat with a strong diagonal. The treatment of the design is very much in the modern style of about 1920: stylized flowers and foliage, strong colors and color contrasts, bold drawing. This design was purchased from textile designer Martha Ryther, who received a prize for it in the October 1918 Textile Alliance design contest.
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.T04147
label: accession number
content: 63914
label: catalog number
content: T04147.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gray ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 38 in; 91.44 cm x 96.52 cm