Length of solid cut pile imitation fur fabric in light and dark browns, subtle gradations in a warp stripe effect; surface crushed (or panned) giving random fur appearance. Artificial silk pile, cotton ground. Back of small sample in file is stamped The Shelton Looms, S.B. & Co., Inc. with the number 379078 (?) 4/8.. One of a group of pile fabrics given in 1921 by Sidney Blumenthal and Co., Inc, owner and operator of The Shelton Looms, one of the best known and most important American pile fabric producers., whose mills were in Shelton, Connecticut. Original fabric width 50 1/2", sample length sent was not noted.