Object Details
- H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
- Description
- A length of jacquard-patterned, over-printed "Khaki Kool" trademark Mallinson sport silk. A rough surface jacquard figured crepe fabric woven with warp of tussah silk and weft of tussah loosely twisted with a silk crepe yarn. Allover printed design, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona on a pale green ground. In late 1926 American silk manufacturer H.R. Mallinson 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. This directional allover design depicts the canyons and meandering river of the Grand Canyon park. There was a second Grand Canyon design, a border design, also donated by the company. Selvage width; selvage inscription.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- 1927
- ID Number
- TE.T05580
- accession number
- 95522
- catalog number
- T5580
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- beige (overall color)
- jacquard weave; cylinder-printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- Mallinson's National Parks
- American Silk Industry
- Migel-Mallinson Silks
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- National Parks
- Record ID
- nmah_1166586
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6702-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
