Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, figured pile upholstery fabric, "Friezette", 1928
date: label: date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, figured pile woven upholstery fabric, "Friezette", 1928 Mohair pile, cut and uncut, in dark red (plum), on a striped cotton ground alternating black and yellow. Small-scale allover patterning of alternating rectangles of cut and uncut pile, the striped ground showing through and making alternate vertical rows appearing as a slightly lighter shade of red. The manufacturer described this as "narrow stripe effect, produced by alternating crosswise and lengthwise two groups of cut pile with three groups of uncut pile." Color Plum # 1231. Friezette, XXXX. The manufacturer treated this quality chemically against moths. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusett, sold in large part to railroads and furniture companies. Mohair plush was long-wearing and not easily crushed.
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.T05907
label: catalog number
content: T05907.000
label: accession number
content: 102770
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: pile weave, cut and uncut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 52 in; 91.44 cm x 132.08 cm