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: A length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric, "Friezette," 1928. Cut and uncut (looped) mohair pile in dark rich brown, on a cotton back.with a black warp and a brown weft. The looped pile is arranged against the cut pile ground to create a geometric pattern in lighter brown, of a diamond grid made of dots and dashes. Manufacturer title Upholstery Plush XXXX Friezette. Pattern # 935; Color walnut, 1059. The manufacturer chemically treated this quality against moths.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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Shelton
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.T05902
label: catalog number
content: T05902.000
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 woven, cut and uncut pile (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/4 in x 29 1/2 in; 86.995 cm x 74.93 cm