A length of HR Mallinson's Pussy Willow (tradename) taffeta--a printed pure-dye plain weave silk---in a design featuring carnations, part of the "State Flowers" series of 1915. Colors: pink and green on a plain white ground. Scattered motifs in a tossed, non-directional layout.
This series of State Flower designs was printed in limited colors and colorways - perhaps as a result of the dye shortages faced by American industry during World War I, as a result of the British blockade of German ports, and restriction of German exports. Germany was the world's most important producer of synthetic dyestuffs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.