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H.R. Mallinson & Co., manufacturer

Franklin's Key to Electricity, from the "Early American Series", 1929

Description

Maker

  • H.R. Mallinson & Co., 1915-1937, American, manufacturer

Title

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

Year

1929

Medium

Silk; plain weave, screenprinted

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk

Techniques

  • printing,
  • printed,
  • plain weave

Dimensions

83.8 cm (33 inches) (length) average dimension

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Place

United States of America

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Object Number

57.083.100D

Projects & Publications

Publications

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

Related

H.R. Mallinson & Co.

Early American series, 1929

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