A length of H.R. Mallinson & Co.'s printed "chiffon brocade" in beiges, gray, and rose on a black ground. Novelty weft-figured, thin, gauze like fabric. Manufacturer's numbers: 535/2192/10. Woven leaf and stem ground pattern produced by extra weft thread of rayon, those that float on the back of the goods from one outline of the pattern to another are trimmed or "burned"off by printing with a chemical, leaving the raised design on a sheer ground. Overprinted (discharge?) with a repeating design of a large tropical moth by Helen Tee Van, from one of her sketches from the 1925 New York Zoological Society sponsored expedition to the Galapagos Islands and Sargasso Sea captained by William Beebe.