Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric. Dark blue cut and uncut mohair pile on a cotton ground. Pattern of small checks, alternating cut and uncut pile. This gives an effect of darker blue (cut pile) against a lighter blue (uncut or looped pile). Pattern # 717; Quality No. 1220. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co. was headquartered in Boston, with a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. The manufacturer noted that this particular pattern was a recent addition to the line and was in demand for use in upholstering the seats on new "deluxe and streamlined coaches for railroads."