Mallinson's Morocco series dress silk; "Zahra" design
date: label: Date made
content: 1931
name: label: maker
content: H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Mallinson's Morocco series printed silk crepe: "Zahra" design. A smooth lustrous plain weave weighted silk fabric made with crepe weft yarn, as in flat crepe. Company numbers - fabric quality #450; pattern #3613; color not given. Printed allover pattern, of a small floral design in bright colors, predominatly red and yellow, and Arabic characters in white on a black ground. One of H.R. Mallinson's 1930 "Morocco" print series, inspired by the film starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, which was nomiated for 4 Academy Awards in 1931.
label: Description
content: Once the Great Depression took hold in 1930, textile companies attempted to remain profitable by cutting costs, including moving from "Pure Dye" to "Weighted" silks: weighting meant adding a chemical to the dye bath that was absorbed by the silk and made it fel somewhat heavier and of a better quality.
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.T06756
label: accession number
content: 112893
label: catalog number
content: T06756.000
label: catalog number
content: T6756
label: catalog number
content: T (/) 6756
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black 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