"Pueblo" dress silk; Mallinson's American Indian series

"Pueblo" dress silk; Mallinson's American Indian series

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Description
A length of the "Pueblo" design dress silk; Mallinson's 1928 American Indian series, with small samples of 8 additional colorways attached with a Mallinson tag at the upper right. The manufacturer's number for this fabric quality (Pussy Willow) is #5459. Pussy Willow was a long time Mallinson trade name for an unweighted, pure dye plain weave silk with a soft hand.. At the time it was popular it was considered similar to a generic fabric type called "radium". The large sample in this group is in blue, brown, orange, yellow, green, black and white on a taupe-gray ground. The Pueblo tribe design is a tossed, spaced layout with motifs inspired by Pueblo ceremonial masks and musical instruments.. The other colorway samples are printed on ground colors of: white; tan; green; navy blue, red; and black.
Mallinson's American Indian series followed the "National Parks" and "Wonder Caves of America" designs, and illustrates the company's continuing interest in using American themes, and in utilizing the collections of New York area museums for research and inspiration.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Fabric Length
silk samples
Date made
1928
maker
H R Mallinson and Company, Incorporated
place made
United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description
silk (overall material)
white ground (overall color)
green ground (overall color)
tan ground (overall color)
navy ground (overall color)
red ground (overall color)
black ground (overall color)
Pussy Willow (overall style)
plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 28 in x 40 in; 71.12 cm x 101.6 cm
ID Number
TE.T05749.G
accession number
101284
catalog number
T05749.00G
Credit Line
Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
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Home and Community Life: Textiles
American Silks
Migel-Mallinson Silks
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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