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 brown, on a cotton ground with yellow warp and a brown weft. Small-scale allover patterning of rectangles or blocks of cut pile surrounded by a grid of uncut pile, appearing as a slightly lighter shade of brown. The short pile allows the yellow ground to show through. Chemically treated by the manufacturer to resist moths. "Friezette, XXXX. Quality 1231, Color: Taupe." 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.T05905
label: catalog number
content: T05905.000
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: 35 in x 52 in; 88.9 cm x 132.08 cm