"Chasseurs" design printed dress silk, Mallinson's La Victoire series I
"Chasseurs" design printed dress silk, Mallinson's La Victoire series I
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- Description
- "Chasseurs" is a design from the first H.R. Mallinson La Victoire series, designed just before the Armistice to end World War I was signed in Fall, 1918. This example was printed on Mallinson's trademarked "Indestructible Crepe." The term “Chasseurs à cheval” designated elite units of the French cavalry – “chasseurs” meaning hunters, “à cheval,” on horseback. During World War I, dangerous reconnaissance missions were often given to the Chasseurs. The wide stripe design depicts standing figures and figures on horseback (the elite reconnaissance units of the French army) who appear poised for action among trees and shrubs, with a stream winding through. See TE*T04077 for the same design in a different quality (Indestructible Crepe) and colorway.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- fabric length
- date made
- 1918
- maker
- H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- red (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- pink (overall color)
- dark blue ground (overall color)
- plain weave, cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T04082
- accession number
- 63204
- catalog number
- T04082.000
- T4082
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- subject
- World War I
- American Silk Industry
- World War I
- Armistice of November 11, 1918
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Mallinson’s La Victoire
- American Silks
- Migel-Mallinson Silks
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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