A length of H.R. Mallinson's "Slendora Brocade" in a cross-dyed green and copper-colored jacquard patterned snakeskin design. The cross-dyed (a form of resist-dyeing) "Slendora Brocade" was Jacquard woven in copper colored rayon for the weft figure; contrasting with the green silk ground. The two dyes are in the same bath, and each fiber resists the dye meant for the other fiber (green-silk; copper-rayon) for which it has no chemical affinity, thereby enabling a two color effect in one operation. The selvage inscription on this textile length (Mallinson's Fabrics De Luxe) is the one Mallinson used for its products that were not all-silk after an early 1920s 'truth-in-advertising' furor over silk manufacturers using rayon (then artificial silk) in their products without informing consumers.