Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, upholstery plush, "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, pile woven upholstery plush, "Friezette", 1928. Looped pile fabric woven in vertical stripee of unequal width. Two pieces, A, B - both pieces are the same colorway. Fabric believed to originally be one 2 yard piece and cut in two after acquisition by the museum. Fabric chemically treated against moths. Solid uncut (looped) mohair pile in vertical stripes in shades of brown with rust and black, on a cotton back.with a beige warp and a brown weft. Manufacturer title Upholstery Plush XXXX Friezette. Pattern #846; Colorway # 21195. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co. 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, Boston
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.T05903.A
label: catalog number
content: T05903.00A
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 pile (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton ground (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rust-orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: taupe (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: upholstery plush (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in x 52 in; 92.71 cm x 132.08 cm