Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric, "Friezette," 1928
date: label: date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric, "Friezette," 1928. Cut and uncut (looped) mohair pile in black, on a cotton back.with a black warp and a dark olive- green weft, giving a somewhat irridescent effect to the surface. The looped pile is arranged against the cut pile ground to create a geometric pattern in charcoal gray, of interlinking squares or fretwork containing an 8-petal flower head and four areas of 5 or 6 dots. Manufacturer title Upholstery Plush XXXX Friezette. A length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric, "Friezette," 1928. Cut and uncut (looped) mohair pile in black, on a cotton back.with a black warp and a dark olive- green weft, giving a somewhat irridescent effect to the surface. The looped pile is arranged against the cut pile ground to create a geometric pattern in charcoal gray, of interlinking squares or fretwork containing an 8-petal flower head and four areas of 5 or 6 dots. Manufacturer title Upholstery Plush XXXX Friezette. Pattern # 164; Color #688. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, sold in large part to railroads and furniture companies. Mohair plush was long-wearing and not easily crushed. THis quality was chemically treated by the manufacturer against moths.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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.T05901
label: catalog number
content: T05901.000
label: accession number
content: 102770
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; jacquard loom, cut and uncut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 1/2 in x 31 in; 107.95 cm x 78.74 cm