A length of Shelton Looms trade name "Kitmole" solid cut pile imitation fur fabric in brown; surface crushed (or panned) giving random meander-like appearance of the small skins of the real animal pieced together. Accession records lists the pile as mohair, but it feels more like silk or artificial silk; cotton ground. 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", sample length sent was not noted. Color is noted as "Lava".