The Shelton Looms upholstery pile fabric, "Continental"
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A sample length of Shelton Looms upholstery cut pile fabric, "Continental". This novelty upholstery velvet has very short dark red mohair pile in a very open weave so that the contrasting yellow ground shows through. Color: mulberry, 3002. Mfr # 148F. One of a group of fabric samples given by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc, owner and operatorof the Shelton Looms. 52" width, sample length 36". White warp; yellow weft, dark red pile warp. Stencilled Mfrs. mark. Yellow twill tape machine stitched along one selvedge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
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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 Sydney Blumenthal & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04239.000
label: catalog number
content: T04239.000
label: accession number
content: 66732
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair; cotton? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 52 in; 91.44 cm x 132.08 cm