L.C. Chase/Sanford Mills "Velmo" figured and printed mohair pile upholstery fabric, "Cameo", 1922.
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Sanford Mills
notes: label: Description
content: L.C. Chase "Velmo" figured and printed mohair pile upholstery fabric, "Cameo", 1922. Fabric with cut mohair pile in two heights, with a cotton back in yellow (warp) and red (weft). The low-cut pile forming the background is sparse enough to let the ground colors show through. The allover formal floral/foliate pattern is formed by denser and higher pile in tan mohair; this has been overprinted to add colors: red, purple, brown.. Pattern #213; "Trial 661". . Made by Sanford Mills, Sanford Maine; selling agent, L.C. Chase & Co. Width: 53"; Length 37.5"
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.T04584.000
label: catalog number
content: T04584.000
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; double pile; jacquard-woven; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 53 in; 95.25 cm x 134.62 cm