"Vagabond crepe" solid coordinate, Mallinson's National Park series
date: label: Date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of novelty silk fabric: "Vagabond Crepe". Copper colored crepe weave fabric woven with silk warp and dupion (rough irregular silk reeled from double cocoons) weft yarns. Piece-dyed to coordinate with the print colors used in H.R. Mallinson's 1926-27 National Park series of printed dress fabrics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: National Parks
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Mallinson's National Parks
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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.T05582
label: accession number
content: 95522
label: catalog number
content: T5582
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; crepe (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm