Length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, figured pile woven upholstery fabric, "Friezette", 1928 Mohair pile, cut and uncut, in brown, on a cotton ground with yellow warp and a brown weft. Small-scale allover patterning of rectangles or blocks of cut pile surrounded by a grid of uncut pile, appearing as a slightly lighter shade of brown. The short pile allows the yellow ground to show through. Chemically treated by the manufacturer to resist moths. "Friezette, XXXX. Quality 1231, Color: Taupe." Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusett, sold in large part to railroads and furniture companies. Mohair plush was long-wearing and not easily crushed.