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Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, figured pile upholstery fabric, "Friezette", 1928

American History Museum

Object Details

maker

Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company

Description

Length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, figured pile woven upholstery fabric, "Friezette", 1928 Mohair pile, cut and uncut, in dark blue-green, on a cotton ground withblack warp and a blue-green weft. Tiny allover patterning of dots of cut pile surrounded by a grid of alternating rows of cut and uncut pile.. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusett, sold in large part to railroads and furniture companies. Mohair plush was long-wearing and not easily crushed.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company

date made

1928

ID Number

TE.T05906

catalog number

T05906.000

accession number

102770

Object Name

Fabric, Upholstery
fabric length

Physical Description

mohair, cotton (overall material)
pile weave, cut and uncut pile (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

overall: 33 in x 51 in; 83.82 cm x 129.54 cm

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Lowell

See more items in

Home and Community Life: Textiles
American Textile Industry
Velvet & Plush Textiles
Textiles

Data Source

National Museum of American History

web subject

American Textile Industry

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-50d6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_624135
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