Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, pile upholstery fabric, "Merion", 1935
date: label: date made
content: 1935
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, pile upholstery fabric. Yarn-dyed, heavy weight. Cotton backing or ground; mohair pile. Pattern of horizontal bands or stripes of cut and uncut pile in a shade of taupe (with a pinkish-gray tint). The cut and uncut pile bands are each three rows wide. According to the manufacturer, this pattern is "furniture quality but has also been used by the railroads." Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co. was headquartered in Boston but had a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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.T07598.000
label: catalog number
content: T07598.000
label: accession number
content: 134807
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, 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: Physical Description
content: upholstery plush (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 in x 54 in; 274.32 cm x 137.16 cm