Skein of Mohair yarn for frogs and braids, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Skein of Mohair yarn for making trimmings (frogs and braids), Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914. Genapped and dyed black for use. The genappe process singes the spun yarn to remove protruding ends and make the yarn smooth. 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.T02098.000
label: catalog number
content: T02098.000
label: catalog number
content: T2098
label: accession number
content: 57533
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fibers
label: Object Name
content: yarn skein
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: spun, genapped, yarn-dyed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 39.37 cm x 8.255 cm