Object Details
- H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
- Description
- "Chasseurs" is a design from the first H.R. Mallinson La Victoire series, designed just before the Armistice to end World War I was signed in Fall, 1918. This example was printed on Mallinson's trademarked "Indestructible Crepe." The term “Chasseurs à cheval” designated elite units of the French cavalry – “chasseurs” meaning hunters, “à cheval,” on horseback. During World War I, dangerous reconnaissance missions were often given to the Chasseurs. The wide stripe design depicts standing figures and figures on horseback (the elite reconnaissance units of the French army) who appear poised for action among trees and shrubs, with a stream winding through. See TE*T04082 for the same design on a different ground cloth (Mallinson's Pussy Willow) and in a different colorway (5 colors on a dark blue ground).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- 1918
- ID Number
- TE.T04077
- accession number
- 63204
- catalog number
- T04077.000
- T4077
- Object Name
- fabric length
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- red (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- taupe ground (overall color)
- plain weave, cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
- crepe, semi-sheer (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- American Silks
- American Silk Industry
- Migel-Mallinson Silks
- Mallinson’s La Victoire
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- World War I
- related event
- World War I
- Armistice of November 11, 1918
- Record ID
- nmah_1165597
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f5eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
