Object Details
- Description
- "Chasseurs" is a design from the first H.R. Mallinson La Victoire series, designed just before the Armistice to end World War I was signed in Fall, 1918. This example was printed on Mallinson's trademarked "Indestructible Crepe." The term “Chasseurs à cheval” designated elite units of the French cavalry – “chasseurs” meaning hunters, “à cheval,” on horseback. During World War I, dangerous reconnaissance missions were often given to the Chasseurs. The wide stripe design depicts standing figures and figures on horseback (the elite reconnaissance units of the French army) who appear poised for action among trees and shrubs, with a stream winding through. See TE*T04082 for the same design on a different ground cloth (Mallinson's Pussy Willow) and in a different colorway (5 colors on a dark blue ground).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- H. R. Mallinson & Co. Inc.
- date made
- 1918
- Credit Line
- Gift of H.R. Mallinson & Co., Inc.
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- red (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- taupe ground (overall color)
- plain weave, cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
- crepe, semi-sheer (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 40 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm
- Object Name
- fabric length
