"Niagara Falls" dress silk, Mallinson's National Park series

Object Details

H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.

Description: A length of jacquard-patterned, over-printed Khaki Kool (H.R. Mallinson & Co. trade name). A rough surface jacquard figured crepe fabric woven with warp of tussah silk and weft of tussah loosely twisted with a silk crepe yarn. Printed with allover design depicting Niagara Falls in cool colors on a white ground. In late 1926 American silk manufacturer H.R. Mallinson & Co. 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. The waterfalls, rainbows, and swirling waters of Niagara Falls are framed in a reserve of flowers and foliage.
Location: Currently not on view

1927

Physical Description: tussah silk (overall material); blue (overall color); ecru (overall color); jacquard weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm

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National Museum of American History

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-515a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa