Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company "Bi-Tone Friezette" 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 "Bi-Tone Friezette" upholstery fabric, 1914. Irridescent effect plush with uncut mohair pile in a golden brown, possibly space-dyed to give a strie effect, against a cotton ground with a black warp, yellow weft. The black and yellow show through the looped pile, hence the "bi-tone" name. Used for furniture and draperies; also noted by the manufacturer under "railroad plushes." 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.T02109.000
label: catalog number
content: T02109.000
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, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave, uncut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 29 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 74.93 cm