A sample length of The Shelton Looms "Alfresco" mohair "chiffon plush' fabric; black and white mottled design, 1914. A Chiffon plush (lightweight) fabric with a mohair pile and cotton back. The pile warp has been printed prior to weaving. The finished fabric is panned (the pile is flattened) in circular effects. The overall effect is a mottled black and white swirling design with an imitation fur styling. Width: 56". 1 sample.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 56" wide