Mallinson's "Javanesque" series; engineered blouse length
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Object Details
- H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
- Description
- A length of block-printed Mallinson trade name "Indestructible" Voile. A sheer, plain weave silk fabric similar to chiffon. Printed with a dress or blouse pattern length; the material is ornamented with a block printed design (imitating batik work) which forms the front, back, and sleeves for the blouse or, as it might have been called when it was made, the "waist". H. R. Mallinson & Co. was one of many textile manufacturers who sought to reproduce the effects of hand-crafted batik (wax-resist dyeing) through more mechanized means. In this case the design was hand-block printed. Batik was very popular and fashionable in the late 1910s and early 1920s. The idea of laying the design out on the cloth (sometimes called engineering) so it could be stitched into a blouse with very little cutting was unusual at the time. This blouse length is incomplete, it shows only the neck area, sleeves, and the front (or back, difficult to know for sure) of the blouse. The complete blouse would have been symmetrical across the center of the neckline.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- 1919
- ID Number
- TE.T04144
- accession number
- 63914
- catalog number
- T04144.000
- Object Name
- Fabric Length
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- pale green (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- plain weave; block printed (overall production method/technique)
- faux batik (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 39 in; 91.44 cm x 99.06 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
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1165707
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-1335-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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