Sample of Mohair roving, 30 dram, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914
Sample of Mohair roving, 30 dram, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914
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- Description
- Sample of Mohair roving, 30 dram, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914. One bobbin. A step in the manufacture of mohair yarn from combed fiber. 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
- Fibers Sample
- Mohair roving
- mohair roving
- date made
- 1914
- maker
- Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
- Physical Description
- mohair (overall material)
- roving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 6 in; 31.75 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02092.000
- catalog number
- T02092.000
- T2092
- accession number
- 57533
- Credit Line
- Gift of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
- subject
- American Textile Industry
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Velvet & Plush Textiles
- American Textile Industry
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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