Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., curled yarn for weaving imitation fur fabric, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Two samples of curled mohair fiber, of the kind used as the pile yarn in weaving imitation fur products, dress goods, and cloakings. One yarn skein (2 ply) and one sample (singles) of yarn wrapped on a black board. Natural color. 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.T02112.A-B
label: accession number
content: 57533
label: catalog number
content: T02112.A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Yarn
label: Object Name
content: yarn skeins
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall color)