Sample length of Collins & Aikman mohair upholstery plush; solid cut pile in golden-brown (tan) on a cotton ground with black warp and yellow weft. This is a heavy, cotton back fabric with a long pile of mohair which is finished to stand erect, giving the fabric a slightly shaggy appearance.
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.