"Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite" dress silk, Mallinson's National Parks Series
"Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite" dress silk, Mallinson's National Parks Series
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- Description
- In late 1926 American silk manufacturer H.R. Mallinson & Co. introduced a bold new line of printed silks, twelve landscape designs, each available in from eight to twelve colorways (color combinations) on three different ground fabrics. The designs celebrated America's National Parks - then only a decade old. The designs represented all the usual styles necesssary for making clothing: allover prints, horizontal stripes, checks, a border design. This overall design depicts Bridal Veil Falls at Yosemite National Park, on Mallinson's trademark Pussy Willow silk. The firm donated two different colorways of this design, one with a tan ground and one with a green ground..
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Date made
- 1927
- maker
- H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- depicted
- United States: California, Yosemite National Park
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- tan ground (b) (overall color)
- green ground (a) (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.T05572.A-B
- accession number
- 95522
- catalog number
- T05572.A-B
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- subject
- National Parks
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- Mallinson's National Parks
- American Silk Industry
- Migel-Mallinson Silks
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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