A length of M. C. Migel & Co., Inc. Mexixe series, 1914. Taffeta silk: "Mexixe Pussy Willow". Pure dye printed taffeta, design "Mexican Cocheniel", inspired by Mexican textiles printed in medium blue, pink, green, black and white on a dark blue ground. Mexixe series, MC Migel. Printed on the Pussy Willow quality. Tossed, allover layout, non-directional; appears to be inspired by woven and embroidered bags and bands of cloth.. The Mexixe series was publicized as the first time an American textile company had utilized American design inspiration without looking to Paris first. The line was inspired by the prominence of Mexico and the US southwest in the news because of the US war against Pancho Villa.
M.C. Migel & Co., which in 1915 became H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc., was known for innovation in silk design and silk manufacturing technology.
Printed silk and cotton crepe; color/pattern not noted on card.. National Silk Dyeing Co.; 1913. One of twenty examples of silk woven in the raw and printed in the piece. Original sample # 171. From a group of 145 samples of silk fabrics and yarns of various types, weaves, uses, and origins donated in 1913 by the National Silk Dyeing Co., of Paterson, New Jersey (America's "Silk City"), which was one of the largest and most comprehensive silk dyeing and printing firms in the U.S.
A length of M. C. Migel & Co., Inc. Mexixe series, 1914. Taffeta silk: "Mexixe Pussy Willow". Pure dye printed taffeta, design "Aztec armadillo and arrow". Dress silk with evenly space black satin weave stripes, printed with design of stylized animal and arrow feathers in red, orange, purple, teal, and black on a blue-green ground. The Mexixe series was publicized as the first time an American textile company had utilized American design inspiration without looking to Paris first. The line was inspired by the prominence of Mexico and the US southwest in the news because of the US war against Pancho Villa.
M.C. Migel & Co., which in 1915 became H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc., was known for innovation in silk design and silk manufacturing technology.
A length of M.C. Migel & Co., Inc. Mexixe series.Taffeta silk: "Mexixe Pussy Willow". Pure dye printed taffeta, design "Mexican Moon" in rainbow tones on "Aztech blue" ground.
Printed dress silk with bright blue ground, design of swirling balls of color scattered overall, in blues, greens, red, orange, yellow, black, white. The Mexixe series was publicized as the first time an American textile company had utilized American design inspiration without looking to Paris first. The line was inspired by the prominence of Mexico and the US southwest in the news because of the US war against Pancho Villa.
M.C. Migel & Co., which in 1915 became H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc., was known for innovation in silk design and silk manufacturing technology.
J.B. Martin Co. silk/rayon velvet sample, 1930. Novelty pile fabric: Pebble velvet. Soft drapy lightweight "new rolled" velvet with a silvery sheen. Woven double--foundation of light blue silk warp and weft yarns; pile surface formed with white rayon yarn. The pebble like surface is produced by embossing the woven pile, pressing a pattern into the surface.
A length of the "Sioux War Bonnet" design dress silk; Mallinson's American Indian series. 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". This is a large sample with small colorway samples attached. The Sioux War Bonnet design is an allover repeat pattern, with a non-directional effect; based on the large feathered headdress of the Sioux Indians.Selvage width; selvage inscription. Judging from drawings by free-lance textile designer Walter Mitschke in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Mitschke designed this print and several others in the American Indian and Early American series. THis colorway has a gray ground with predominantly red, blue, and black patterning.
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.
A length of piece dyed silk, Mallinson tradename 'Molly O Crepe", in tan. Satin-faced crepe (or crepe-backed satin) fabric which can be made up either as a crepe or satin with the reverse side forming a suitable trimming. Selvage width; selvage inscription. The H.R. Mallinson company was well known for introducing new textures and weave effects in its product line. These were the 'novelties' as opposed to fabrics such as Pussy Willow and Indestructible Voile, which were the company's staple products and remained in the line for years, even decades. This solid-color fabric coordinates with print colors used in the Mallinson National Park series of printed dress silks.
A length of Mallinson's trade name "Pussy Willow" silk fabric. Pussy Willow was one of the company's most enduring fabric qualities. It was described as a fine, soft "radium-like", plain weave fabric which is all silk and pure dye, not weighted. This example is printed with an allover scenic pattern "Catalina Islands" one of the H.R. Mallinson & Co. "Playgrounds of the World" series. Colorway: rose pink, red, lavender, yellow, grays, black on white. Company numbers: 1900/2665. Color #16.
Two lengths of piece-dyed, solid collor Khaki-Kool (Mallinson trade name) silk fabric. One of H.R. Mallinson's most enduring fabric qualities, Khaki Kool was styled and named during World War I. It was one of the company's early "Sport silks" - meaning silk fabrics that were durable and comfortable enough for active wear. This filament silk and tussah (wild silk) crepe finish "Khaki Kool" has a rough surface somewhat similar in appearance to shantung, and woven with warp of tussah silk and weft of tussah loosely twisted with a silk crepe yarn. These two samples of piece-dyed solid color silk (one in ecru, one in pale green) coordinated with the print colors used in H.R. Mallinson's National Parks print series in 1926-27.
