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H.R. Mallinson & Co.

Franklin's Key to Electricity, from the "Early American Series"

Description

Maker

H.R. Mallinson &amp

Title

Franklin's Key to Electricity, from the "Early American Series"

Year

1929

Medium

  • Silk; plain weave,
  • screenprinted

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Silk; plain weave,
  • screenprinted

Materials

silk

Geography

Place Made: United States of America

Dimensions

83.8 cm (33 inches) (length) average dimension

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inselvage:Mallinson's Early and Modern AmericaBenjamin Franklin's Key to Electricity

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Object Number

57.083.100D

Type

  • Textiles

Projects & Publications

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Manual / Issue 20: Technologies

Manual: Technologies considers the history and future of art and technology by examining artworks that combine manual techniques and handiwork with non-human productive agents associated with industry or technology. 

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A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

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H.R. Mallinson & Co. (American, 1915-1937), manufacturer
Franklin's Key to Electricity, from the "Early American Series", 1929
Silk; plain weave, screenprinted
83.8 cm (33 inches) (length) average dimension
Gift of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities 57.083.100D

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