Object Details
maker
H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
Description
The first H.R. Mallinson & Co. La Victoire series, designed just before the Armistice to end World War I in Fall, 1918, comprised 6 designs. The first series of La Victoire prints celebrated different aspects of the French military forces. The "Scouts" design is "a clever stripe design in which the French poilu is featured on a scouting expedition." (description taken from a Mallinson marketing booklet). Infantry scouts often operated alone, ahead of their units, trying to find out the size and placement of the opposing forces. In this striped design, the seated and standing figures of the scouts appear to melt into the trees. The design is machine-printed on a lightweight semi-sheer silk crepe that the Mallinson firm trademarked as "Indestructible Crepe."
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
date made
1918
ID Number
TE.T04076
accession number
63204
catalog number
T04076.000
T4076
Object Name
fabric length
Physical Description
silk (overall material)
red (overall color)
green (overall color)
blue (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
brown ground (overall color)
crepe, semi-sheer (overall fabric name)
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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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_1165596