L.C. Chase/Sanford Mills. "Velmo" mohair pile upholstery fabric, "Tiber", 1922
date: label: date made
content: 1921
label: date made
content: 1921-22
label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Sanford Mills
notes: label: Description
content: L.C. Chase & Co. "Velmo" mohair pile upholstery fabric, "Tiber", 1921-22. A solid cut pile upholstery velvet with a mohair face and cotton back. Short, dense pile. Printed pattern T-81: Allover design with wisteria branches, peacock, butterfly, flower, and fruit in wisteria, brown, blue, violet, green, and gold on a taupe ground. The design repeat is 31" and fills the width of the fabric. Manufacturer's trial 312. 28" wide. Sample length 35". Manufactured by Sanford Mills, Sanford, Maine; selling agent L.C. Chase & Co.
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.T04587.000
label: catalog number
content: T04587.000
label: accession number
content: 69645
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; solid cut pile; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 28 1/2 in; 88.9 cm x 72.39 cm