Sample of Single Mohair Yarn, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914. One bobbin. Single yarn, natural color. Used for weaving imitation fur goods, dress goods, and cloakings. 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.
Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, cut and uncut pile upholstery or furnishing fabric known as "Lorna".; Yarn-dyed, lightweight, short pile fabric resembling a velour, with the pile spaced by three weft picks, the center pick thicker than the other two. This gives a horizontal stripe or pile rib effect, which is further patterned with an abstract design of horizontal broken lines of various lengths at irregularly spaced intervale, in looped pile which conrasts with the cut pile background. Color: Yellow-tan. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co. was headquartered in Boston but had a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. According to the manufacturer, this pattern is "furniture quality."
Sample length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company plain "Railroad Plush" upholstery fabric, in emerald green.1914. Used for covering seats in railroad cars. 25 1/2" wide.Pile weave, solid cut pile. Cotton backing, Mohair pile. Ground warp and weft are dark blue; pile is green. 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.
Sample length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company "Bi-Tone Friezette" upholstery fabric, 1914. Irridescent effect plush with uncut mohair pile in light green, possibly space-dyed to give a strie effect, against a cotton ground with a blue warp, yellow weft. The yellow shows through the looped pile, hence the "bi-tone" name. Used for furniture and draperies; also noted by the manufacturer under "railroad plushes." 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.
Length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, figured pile woven upholstery fabric, "Friezette", 1928 Mohair pile, cut and uncut, in dark blue-green, on a cotton ground withblack warp and a blue-green weft. Tiny allover patterning of dots of cut pile surrounded by a grid of alternating rows of cut and uncut pile.. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., headquartered in Boston with a mill in Lowell, Massachusett, sold in large part to railroads and furniture companies. Mohair plush was long-wearing and not easily crushed.
Length of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, pile woven upholstery plush, "Friezette", 1928. Looped pile fabric woven in vertical stripee of unequal width. Two pieces, A, B - both pieces are the same colorway. Fabric chemically treated against moths. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company figured pile upholstery fabric, "Friezette," 1928. Solid uncut (looped) mohair pile in vertical stripes in shades of brown with rust and black, on a cotton back.with a beige warp and a brown weft. Manufacturer title Upholstery Plush XXXX Friezette. Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co. sold in large part to railroads and furniture companies. Mohair plush was long-wearing and not easily crushed. One swatch, 6" x 8", from corner removed and attached to study card..
