The Shelton Looms "Alfresco" mohair plush fabric; 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1915
label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A sample length of The Shelton Looms "Alfresco" mohair "chiffon plush' fabric; black and white mottled design, 1914. A Chiffon plush (lightweight) fabric with a mohair pile and cotton back. The pile warp has been printed prior to weaving. The finished fabric is panned (the pile is flattened) in circular effects. The overall effect is a mottled black and white swirling design with an imitation fur styling. Width: 56". 1 sample.One of a group of pile fabrics given in 1914 (accessioned in 1915) 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 woven 56" wide
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
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 Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02268.000
label: catalog number
content: T02268.000
label: accession number
content: 57751
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, warp-printed, panned (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in; 142.24 cm