Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric, 1935
date: label: date made
content: 1935
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric. Dark blue cut and uncut mohair pile on a cotton ground. Pattern of small checks, alternating cut and uncut pile. This gives an effect of darker blue (cut pile) against a lighter blue (uncut or looped pile). Pattern # 717; Quality No. 1220. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co. was headquartered in Boston, with a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. The manufacturer noted that this particular pattern was a recent addition to the line and was in demand for use in upholstering the seats on new "deluxe and streamlined coaches for railroads."
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.T07597.000
label: catalog number
content: T07597.000
label: accession number
content: 134807
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Upholstery, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabri length
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: Physical Description
content: upholstery plush (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 in x 28 in; 274.32 cm x 71.12 cm