Show LONGEST WEA ING FABRIC IS MOHA IR great durability explains its perennial popularity for Fum furniture iture use S STYLES TYLES may come and styles may go in furniture as a in everything e le but one kind of upholstery mohair velvet remains in constant popularity ever atnee the invention of power machinery put it within the reach ot of everyday folk and not just of kings and nobles as in previous centuries the tha demand for furniture covered with fabric made from the fleece of the angora goat has bris increased steadily until now the united states leads the world lit in angora goat rals rala ing and consequently in the production of mohair materials its great durability Is undoubtedly the chief why mohair velvet Is ie an upholstery perennial not even the beauty and luster of its soft tex would suffice to win the house T or velmo telmo as an it la Is often called did 33 not 0 t surpass all other materials in wearing quality this la Is partly because the mohair itself Is the longest wearing animal fiber known and partly because it Is a pile fabric with the wear coming on the ends of the fiber instead of along the sides As high ao an of theme theia sturdy fibers abers are found to the square inch of mohair velvet velvety some borne knowledge of the physical structure and chemical compo composition qUon of the th mohair fiber Is 15 necessary to understand why tt it makes a superior upholstering fabric seen under a microscope the mohair fiber Is smooth and shiny with fewer scales or ser rations than on an the wool fiber this lleana that it it does not attract dirt so ao quickly that dust tends to slide off the smooth hairs and that actual dirt la Is easily removed with a swift brushing or with soap and water it if necessary without affecting the color then too mohair taken a fast acid dye so BO that the effects of sun and strong light need not be feared like all animal fibers mohair Is normally attractive to the pestiferous house moth but now science has perfected a means of effectually and permanently manent ly mothproofing moth proofing mohair velvet it has been noticed that moths will actually die in preference to attacking attaching the tha fabric when one considers the tremendous amount of damage done dona annually by this innocent looking little insect it ls Is obvious that for this feature alone mohair recommends itself as an the ideal fabric tor for fine furniture but though mohair velvet remains popular season after season its colors patterns and weaves change with the tha current fashion beautiful solid colors or or two tone weaves period designe design modernistic effects or conventional patterns may all be had in mohair velvet velvel sometimes the pile Is in cut to form the pattern the tha remaining rein aln pile being stamped with a floral or other design in other places the tha pattern Is formed by cutting certain of the loops and the fabric la is then called frieze if the uncut dortlon dominates it la Is called fri frizzette ezette then again the material may be hand blocked in striking designs or woven on a jacquard jacq nard loom with various colored mohair yarns then too mohair velvet has been found to be virtually fadeless delesa fa unchanging after years of constant exposure to the sun and elements this Is because of the unusual construction of the mohair fiber which is tubular and very attractive to acid dye the tha unusual long service which mohair velvet gives Is due to the fact that being fi pile fabric the wear comes canies on the ends of the fibers and not along the sides it does not really hold dusts dust because the surface of the libers unlike those of wool are smooth and glossy actual soil la 19 easily removed with soap boap and water |