A length of H.R. Mallinson's printed Pussy Willow (trade name) silk fabric. Soft drapey plain weave, cylinder printed. Manufacturer's numbers: #900/2332/12. Printed with an allover, spaced, non-directional design of a variety of sea shells and sea life in fuchsia, gray-blue, orange, brown with black and white on a light peach ground. According to the manufacturer this series shows the adaptability of marine objects applied to dress materials. 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.