Sanford Mills Mohair upholstery velvet "Sorrento Cameo", 1925
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Sanford Mills
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sanford Mills Mohair upholstery velvet "Sorrento Cameo", 1925. A cut pile with two pile heights. All the pile is in alternate picks of black and white mohair yarn, The shorter pile forms the background of the design, in a black and white horizontal pinstripe effect. The longer pile forms the pattern, a conventional folite meander and medaliion , which is overprinted in dark reds and blue. Highly textural effect. The ground fabric is cotton, with a yellow warp and gray weft. The pile is mohair, in black and white. Wide gray and yellow selvage.
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.T05091.000
label: catalog number
content: T05091.000
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, over printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 50 in; 91.44 cm x 127 cm