Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company "Frieze Plush" figured 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 "Frieze Plush" figured upholstery fabric, in a rust-brown shade, with a spaced, detached 'sunburst' motif in uncut pile against a ground of cut pile. 1914. This was a standard pattern on some of the large railroad systems in the US at the time of its donation. This is a figured pile weave with cut and uncut pile. The backing is cotton; ground warp is dark blue; ground weft is red. The pile is mohair, in an orange-red. This gives an overall color effect of rust-brown, with the motif created by uncut (looped) pile standing out slightly lighter in tone against the cut pile ground. The sunburst motif is arranged in rows in slide repeat. 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.T02103.000
label: catalog number
content: T02103.000
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; cut and uncut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 1/2 in x 25 1/2 in; 90.17 cm x 64.77 cm