The Shelton Looms "Taranto" pile upholstery fabric
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A fabric length with solid cut mohair pile of two lengths; the short pile which forms the background has more plain weft picks in between warp pile rows, this allows the contrasting color of the ground to show through, the longer pile, more densely woven, forms a large conventionalized ogival pattern with central pomegranate/floral medallion Repeat is 27" long; 2 repeats per width of fabric; 1/2 step repeat This structure is identical with a chiffon velour. Color: "mauve" (purplish-brown pile, yellow ground) #3504. Mfr #19318E. Sample length 37", width 52" One of a number of samples of pile fabrics given by Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc. owner and operator of The Shelton Looms, Shelton, CT, in 1921. Stencilled Mfrs. mark.
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.T04241.000
label: catalog number
content: T04241.000
label: accession number
content: 66732
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Pile
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mohair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pile weave; jacquard -woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 52 in; 91.44 cm x 132.08 cm