Object Details
maker
H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
Description
Figures of infantry and cavalry soldiers assemble at the call of a bugle for “Guard Mount,” the inspection and changing of the guard, in this design from H.R. Mallinson & Co,’s first La Victoire series, produced just before the Armistice that ended the fighting in World War I was signed. The design is machine-printed in five colors on a taupe ground of “Pussy Willow” silk, one of Mallinson's most enduring fabrications. The firm’s marketing brochure stated, "To feature the French soldier at Guard Mount in a design so admirably adapted to feminine wear is indeed a masterpiece in the art of design."
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
date made
1918
ID Number
TE.T04081
accession number
63204
catalog number
T04081.000
T4081
Object Name
fabric length
Physical Description
silk (overall material)
lavender (overall color)
white (overall color)
medium blue (overall color)
dark blue (overall color)
taupe 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
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Home and Community Life: Textiles
American Silks
American Silk Industry
Migel-Mallinson Silks
Mallinson’s La Victoire
Textiles
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
World War I
related event
World War I
Armistice of November 11, 1918
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1165601