"Garden of the Gods" colorways (5), Mallinson's National Park series
"Garden of the Gods" colorways (5), Mallinson's National Park series
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- Description
- Five sample lengths of a printed silk sheer, Mallinson tradename "Indestructible Chiffon Voile". Selvage width; selvage inscription. A sheer, plain weave all silk fabric printed with National Park series "Garden of the Gods" design; samples of five different color combinations (ground color are: peach, grey, blue, green, and orange). 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, etc. These samples illustrate how strikingly different a single design can appear by changing the colors of the ground and design elements.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- fabric lengths
- Date made
- 1927
- maker
- H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- pink-peach (a) ground (overall color)
- grey ground (b) (overall color)
- blue ground (c) (overall color)
- green ground (d) (overall color)
- orange ground (e) (overall color)
- plain weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 39 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 100.33 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T05588.A-E
- accession number
- 95522
- catalog number
- T05588.A-E
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- subject
- National Parks
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- Cultural 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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