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Length of dress fabric: Covered Wagons - Oregon Trail, from the Early American series
Designed by: Walter Mitschke (American (born in Germany), 1886–1972)
For: H. R. Mallinson and Company (American, 1915–1936)
For: H. R. Mallinson and Company (American, 1915–1936)
American
1929
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Printed silk plain weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 177.8 x 99.1 cm (70 x 39 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number2007.762
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
DescriptionLength of dress fabric printed with scenes of covered wagons and Native Americans in narrow bands in dark and light blues, oranges, reds, and yellows. Printed on the selvedges: "Covered Wagons Oregon Trail - Mallinson's Early American"
ProvenancePurchased by the dealer, Giles Kotcher, at a US flea market in 2007; Purchased from Giles Kotcher by the MFA, September 19, 2007