H.R. Mallinson & Co. screen-printed silk shawl
date: label: date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: An H.R. Mallinson & Co. Art Deco style screen-printed silk crepe shawl. An all silk, medium weight crepe fabric (quality # 4571); with a screen printed border design (pattern # 5215) similar to catalog # TE*T05760, but developed in white on a tan ground, with the two band borders in black and cerise (red). Colorway # 3. The design is engineered to show best on a diagonally folded shawl; it covers one corner and two sides. It is a large scale floral and leaf pattern with stylized Art Deco flower heads. The tan ground color seems fugitive - the color is streaky and has faded in spots and streaks across the shawl. One of a group of five screen-printed silk crepe shawls given by the Mallinson firm in 1928 to illustrate their early use of this new printing technique in industrial production.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Migel-Mallinson Silks
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.T05762
label: accession number
content: 101284
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shawl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; screen printed; border print (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 60 in; 142.24 cm x 152.4 cm