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Drawing relating to the "Early American" series of designs
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
1927
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Hand drawn: pencil on tracing paper.
Dimensions
Height x width: 14 15/16 x 9 7/16 in. (38 x 24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Joan Brancale
Accession Number2008.1953.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsDocumentation
DescriptionDesign vignettes and thumbnail of spinning wheel. "The Mayflower Pilgrims" theme.
Motifs:
"Landing of the Pilgrims with the Mayflowerin the distance and Miles Standish in the foreground with a gun."
--Catalogue, "Early American Historical Events in Mallinson's Silks"
Motifs:
"Landing of the Pilgrims with the Mayflowerin the distance and Miles Standish in the foreground with a gun."
--Catalogue, "Early American Historical Events in Mallinson's Silks"
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)