A sample length of The Shelton Looms "Nuage" mohair plush fabric; with a pastel and black stylized leaf printed design, 1914. A Chiffon plush with mohair pile and a cotton back. Printed on the reverse, so that it shows through and colors the white pile, with an allover stylized design of leaf shapes in pastel tones of pink, blue, and green, with outlines in black. Used for trimmings, evening gowns, wraps, etc. Width: 50"; 2 samples. One of a group of pile fabrics given in 1914 (accessioned in 1915) 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 woven 50" wide.