Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, "Railroad Plush" upholstery fabric, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sample length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, "Railroad Plush" upholstery fabric, "in the gray"; 1914. Scoured and sheared. Used for covering seats in railroad cars. 25 1/2" wide. The sample is as it comes off the loom before dyeing: ground warp is blue, the ground weft is red, and the pile is white. Given by Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1914, along with samples of mohair fiber in various stages of processing, and samples of the company's finished textiles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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.T02099.000
label: catalog number
content: T02099.000
label: accession number
content: 57533
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Upholstery, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, cut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 1/2 in x 25 1/2 in; 90.17 cm x 64.77 cm