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Physical Description:
orange (overall color)
magenta (overall color)
black (overall color)
white (overall color)
silk (overall material)
green (overall color)
rust (overall color)
plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 36 in x 39 in; 91.44 cm x 99.06 cm
Object Name:
Fabric Length
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
1932
Description:
A length of printed pure dye silk crepe. Soft, lustrous, plain weave fabric, pattern "Sampler". One of the H.R. Mallinson & Co. George Washington Bicentennial print series. According to company publicity provided at the time of the line's introduction, the faux "cross stitch" design depicts various dates of Washington's life: his coat of arms, the key to the Bastille, an hour glass, a boxwood hedge he planted, and filler motifs of trees and birds on a beige ground.
