A length of "Tennessee Daisies" dress silk from the 1915 Mallinson "State flower" series on "Pussy Willow" (trade name). A block printed pure-dye silk taffeta with a white ground and a black satin-weave windowpane overcheck . The daisy is block-printed in four colors.
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.