Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company "Friezette" figured upholstery fabric, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sample length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company "Friezette" upholstery fabric, 1914. An overall conventionalized (Arts & Crafts style) ogee tracery design in cut pile against an uncut pile ground, in green. The design, however, is oriented with the points of the bu-like ogee across the width of the fabric, rather than vertically, in the warp direction. This may reflect how the fabric was cut for upholstery usage. This pattern was extensively used for sleeping and parlor cars, according to the manufacturer. The backing is cotton, with a black warp and green weft; the pile is mohair, in green. Given by Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1914, along with samples of mohair fiber in various stages of processing, and samples of the company's finished textiles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Velvet & Plush Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02104.000
label: catalog number
content: T02104.000
label: accession number
content: 57533
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Upholstery, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Arts & Crafts (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, cut and uncut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 25 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 64.77 cm