L.C. Chase/Sanford Mills "Velmo" printed cut and uncut mohair pile upholstery fabric, "Maintenon"; 1922
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Sanford Mills
notes: label: Description
content: L.C. Chase "Velmo" printed cut and uncut mohair pile upholstery fabric, "Maintenon"; 1922. A cotton-backed, mohair pile fabric with cut and uncut pile alternating to produce broken horizontal stripes. Pattern # T-50; over printed design of a floral motif against a landscape, forming a complete repeat within a 28" square. The ground color shades from dark at the bottom (ground) to light at the top (sky). Tan, blue, green, rose pink, brown, black. Made by Sanford Mills in Maine, selling agent L.C. Chase.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Sanford
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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 L.C. Chase & Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04588.000
label: catalog number
content: T04588.000
label: accession number
content: 69645
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; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 29 in; 91.44 cm x 73.66 cm