A length of printed Pussy Willow (Mallinson trade name) silk fabric. A soft drapey plain weave cylinder-printed with a design of starfish in pink, violet, orange, tan, light green, and off-white. Manufacturer's numbers: #900/2331/15. Spaced allover pattern of large and small starfish, some overlapping, some widely spaced. One of the designs taken from sketches by artist Helen Tee Van, who accompanied the New York Zoological Society sponsored trip to the Galapagos Islands and Sargasso Sea captained by William Beebe in 1925.