Object Details
- H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
- Description
- French General Ferdinand Foch was named Supreme Commander of all the Allied forces in France in March 1918, and was named Marshal of France in July 1918. He accepted the German surrender in November of that year. This design, dedicated to this French war hero, is from the first La Victoire series, produced by H.R. Mallinson & Co, just before the armistice that ended the fighting in World War I. The striped design in gold on a dark blue ground, on semi-sheer "Indestructible Crepe" was inspired by the military insignia of four rows of oak leaves and seven stars that only Foch was entitled to wear, and which ornamented his uniform cap.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- 1918
- ID Number
- TE.T04088
- accession number
- 63204
- catalog number
- T04088.000
- T4088
- Object Name
- fabric length
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- gold (overall color)
- dark blue ground (overall color)
- plain weave, cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
- 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_1165702
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-baac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
