Sample length of The Shelton Looms "Alfresco" printed mohair plush fabric; 1914. Chiffon plush, "Alfresco" - Mohair pile, cotton back. Very long pile, flattened diagonally; overprinted in a diagonally oriented plaid effect in plum, brown, and green. Used for trimmings, millinery, etc. Width, 50". 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 50" wide. Length of sample sent was not noted.