Show OFFER PRIZE roil FOR OLDEST PIECE or OF HOME FURNITURE have you a mohair covered chair or sofa in in your home if so you may be two hundred and fifty dollars the richer licher for it thi the record is is in in receipt of a message from the household science institute sti tute chicago asking for foi help in in locating the oldest piece of mohair upholstered furniture in the united states the institute feels that then is is a possibility of its being found in in this section the style of the sought for furniture or 01 its use or nonuse non use at the present time are not important providing pio viding it is is in good condition the owner of the piece selected will be warded awarded two hundred and fifty dollars and the piece itself will be exhibited with other old time furniture during the worlds fair at chicago in in 1933 back of the institutes offer is is the desire deser on the part of grace giace vail gray cray its director to ascertain the longevity of mohair although innumerable pieces lot mohair levered furniture and mohair rugs have seen man many years of hard haid daily service sei vicc it is claim ed cd that unless deliberately injured no instance iastan ce lias has yet been faund of a ill mohair 0 fabric ever wearing through history does not tell just when it was wa first discovered that mohan mohair the long silky fleece of the angora goat made exceedingly beautiful and dui able fabrics but this is is known mo han hair fabrics are of great antiquity nd have alaks been looked upon as ab rare laie and valuable prior to 1881 I 1 when george B and louis ab B goodall of sanford maine perfected a process for foi weaving mohair on power looms the manufacture of mohan mohair velvet was largely confined to germany and france where it was made by hand band especially famed is is mohair velvet or 01 velmo as it is called for foi short as an upholstery fabric years of hard haid day in and day out service service leave the deep tich rich pile unmarred its colors fresh and undimmed unless one wilfully vil fully cuts or burns it it is as an nearly as any woven i material can be apis this is is largely i ill dui to the fact that all fhe he rub and w v ir ai comes on the top ends or loops of these pile fabrics whereas in in smooth surfaced materials the rub nib comes come s on ti the sides side of the individual fabres fibres also because the mohair fibres fabres are aie smooth surfaced sui faced the dust and dirt do not easily collect on them and usually a light brushing is is all that I 1 is needed to keep mohair fresh and clean housewives wives fear of moths has been endee 3 by the recent perfection of a mill process that makes mo hair fabric immune to damage by b these pests pelts F f 1 |