Four samples (half width) of mohair upholstery plush; solid cut mohair pile on a heavy cotton back. Long pile is laid flat by pressing to give added luster. Dyed in the following shades: A) copper: rust-red on a cotton ground with black warp and pale yellow weft. Half width. Machine overlock stitching finishes three edges. No selvage.
.B) rose, C) green, D) orchid.
Collins & Aikman Corporation was founded in 1891 and incorporated in 1929. The company made high end upholstery fabrics, including velvets and plushes in cotton, mohair, and silk, and beginning in the 1910s, artifical silk (rayon). Early on the firm competed successfully in the market for automotive and aviation fabrics. In the 1920s the company had mills in Astoria (Queens), New York; Philadelphia, PA; and North Carolina.