A length of Mallinson's trade name printed "Indestructible" Crepe. A very thin, semi-sheer silk crepe similar to "Georgette" for dresses; with design "Tiger Rose" printed in 5 colors on light green ground. The wax-resist dyeing technique known as batik (as the technique is known in Indonesia) was extremely popular in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Several textile manufacturers in the United Staes and Europe imitated with machine printing technology the characteristic 'crackle' effect of hand made wax-resist textiles. This is one of those designs, which were very popular for a few years on either side of 1920. "Tiger Rose" was named after a Broadway play starring Lenore Ulric that opened in 1917 and became a silent film in 1923.
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