The Shelton Looms "Kitmole" imitation fur fabric
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A length of Shelton Looms trade name "Kitmole" solid cut pile imitation fur fabric in brown; surface crushed (or panned) giving random meander-like appearance of the small skins of the real animal pieced together. Accession records lists the pile as mohair, but it feels more like silk or artificial silk; cotton ground. One of a group of pile fabrics given in 1921 by Sidney Blumenthal and Co., Inc, owner and operator of The Shelton Looms, one of the best known and most important American pile fabric producers., whose mills were in Shelton, Connecticut. Original fabric width 50", sample length sent was not noted. Color is noted as "Lava".
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.T04238.000
label: catalog number
content: T04238.000
label: accession number
content: 66732
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: artificial silk or silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave; embossed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in; 127 cm