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Length of dress fabric: Luray Cavern, from the American Wonder Caves series
Designed by: Walter Mitschke (American (born in Germany), 1886–1972)
Designed for: H. R. Mallinson and Company (American, 1915–1936)
Designed for: H. R. Mallinson and Company (American, 1915–1936)
American
1920s
Object Place: New York, New York, Untied States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave; printed
Dimensions
Height x width: 26 1/4 x 39 in. (66.7 x 99.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Joan Brancale
Accession Number2008.1941
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
DescriptionBrown ground with turquoise, yellow, red, black and brown multicolored stylized stalactites and stalagmites. Selvedge reads "Mallinson's silk de luxe -- American Wonder Caves -- Luray Cavern."
ProvenanceEx-collection Walter Mitschke, New York; by descent to Ethel B. Adams Waldorf; between 1985-90, gift of Waldorf to her neice Joan Brancale, Hingham, MA; gift of Brancale to the MFA (Accession date: December 31, 2008)