Four samples of the "Sioux War Bonnet" design dress silk; Mallinson's American Indian series, printed on Mallinson trade name silk quality, "Khaki Kool". Khaki Kool was the Mallinson trade name for a sport silk with a bundled spun silk weft that gave it body. This is a large sample with 3 small colorway samples attached. The Sioux War Bonnet design is an allover repeat pattern, with a non-directional effect; based on the large feathered headdress of the Sioux Indians.Selvage width; selvage inscription. Judging from drawings by free-lance textile designer Walter Mitschke in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Mitschke designed this print and several others in the American Indian and Early American series. The ground colors are blue, gold (yellow-orange), brown, and turquoise.
Mallinson's American Indian series followed the "National Parks" and "Wonder Caves of America" designs, and illustrates the company's continuing interest in using American themes, and in utilizing the collections of New York area museums for research and inspiration.