Sanford Mills Mohair upholstery velvet, "Luray Antique", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Sanford Mills
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sample length of Sanford Mills Mohair upholstery velvet, "Luray Antique", 1925. Dark brown diamond grid with a honeycomb center to create interlocking four-lobed medallions. Cut pile in two heights and densities. the ground is shorter and less dense, the outline design is longer and denser, The ground, made of cotton yarns (white warp, light green weft) shows through the areas of shorter pile, highlighting the desne outline design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Sanford
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of L.C. Chase Co
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05083.000
label: catalog number
content: T05083.000
label: accession number
content: 81130
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 50 in; 91.44 cm x 127 cm