The Shelton Looms "Fenwick Textone" pile upholstery fabric
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A sample length of Shelton Looms "Fenwick Textone" pile upholstery fabric. Double height mohair cut pile fabric, the higher level pile overprinted or tipped with purple, the lower height pile not woven as densely, allowing the yellow ground to appear through it, reinforcing the ground color of the pile. Overall conventional palmette or pineapple pattern within a tracery frame: Slide repeat; 13" repeat length. Accession files states that this was formed by a second shearing of the pile at a lower level, not through a jacquard mechanism in the weave. Mfr # 46861E. 37 1/2" L x 50 1/2" W. One of a number of samples of pile fabrics given by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc. owner and operator of The Shelton Looms, Shelton, CT, in 1921. Stencilled Mfrs. mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04242.000
label: catalog number
content: T04242.000
label: accession number
content: 66732
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave; over-printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 50 in; 91.44 cm x 127 cm