Sample of Mohair fiber "in the grease", Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914
Sample of Mohair fiber "in the grease", Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914
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- Description
- Sample of Mohair fiber "in the grease", as purchased for processing by Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914. Sample of raw mohair from Texas and New Mexico, as clipped from the goat. Given by Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1914, along with samples of mohair fiber in various stages of processing, and samples of the company's finished textiles.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mohair fiber
- date made
- 1914
- maker
- Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
- Physical Description
- mohair (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 7 in x 16 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 17.78 cm x 42.545 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02087.000
- catalog number
- T02087.000
- T2087
- accession number
- 57533
- Credit Line
- Gift of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
- subject
- American Textile Industry
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- American Textile Industry
- Velvet & Plush Textiles
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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