H. R. Mallinson & Co.'s "Orchid Tissue Velvet"
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Mallinson's rayon pile silk transparent velvet fabric: "Orchid tissue Velvet". Sheer, almost transparent, fabric with a plain weave base of Japan silk and double-woven pile of rayon. Piece dyed in solid colors. This example dyed black. Other samples: T05751.B (beige) and T05751.C.(tan). Mfr's quality # 159. This color is mfr # 963. Transparent velvet was a marketing name beginning in the 1920s for a solid cut pile woven on a sheer ground, giving a very soft hand. Transparent velvets were also usually rayon pile on a silk ground.
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.T05751.A
label: accession number
content: 101284
label: catalog number
content: T05751.00A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk base (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rayon pile (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: transparent velvet (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: double woven pile; piece-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm