"Starry Stripes" dress silk; Mallinson's George Washington Bicentennial Print series
"Starry Stripes" dress silk; Mallinson's George Washington Bicentennial Print series
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- Description
- A length of printed pure dye silk crepe. Soft lustrous plain weave fabric. Pattern "Starry Stripes", one of the H.R. Mallinson & Co. George Washington Bicentenniel print series. Overall pattern of iny white stars on a blue ground in a lengthwise stripe layout.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Date made
- 1932
- maker
- H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- dark blue (overall color)
- plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 39 in; 91.44 cm x 99.06 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T06958
- accession number
- 118355
- catalog number
- T06958.000
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- American Silk Industry
- Migel-Mallinson Silks
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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