An H.R. Mallinson & Co. Art Deco style screen-printed silk crepe shawl. An all silk, medium weight crepe fabric (quality # 4571); with a screen printed border design (pattern # 5215) similar to catalog # TE*T05760, but developed in white on a tan ground, with the two band borders in black and cerise (red). Colorway # 3. The design is engineered to show best on a diagonally folded shawl; it covers one corner and two sides. It is a large scale floral and leaf pattern with stylized Art Deco flower heads. The tan ground color seems fugitive - the color is streaky and has faded in spots and streaks across the shawl. One of a group of five screen-printed silk crepe shawls given by the Mallinson firm in 1928 to illustrate their early use of this new printing technique in industrial production.