| Show LONEST N WE aej FABRIC IS MOHAIR great durability Eipl explains aini its perennial popularity for furniture use may come slid and styles may STYLES go 0 in furni furniture tuie as in eer everything tiling eiseg else but one k kind nd of upholsters nio mo liala elet geivet rein remains ains in constant popularity ever eer since the invention binm atlon of power machinery put it wIt lill the reach of everman folk folic and not just of kings and nobles as in previous centuries tim demand for furniture covered cohered with fabric made from the fleece of the 1119 gont goat lins has increased steadily until i 11 now the united stated lends leads the world in angora gont goat and tiiu consequently c in the hie production of 1110 clr materials its great durability Is I 1 alie lie chief reason why ino liali velvet elet Is I 1 ill i upholstery not ot even een file bounty beauty and luster of its soft boft texture would to win the housewife alfes ii repeated approval if mohair velvet 4 or r velino elino as it Is often callol cill cd did not surpass nil all other materials to in wearing quality quit lity this Is partly because the mohair itself Is the longest wearing fiber known and partly because it Is a rate fabric fit bile with the lie wear ear coming on alie lie ends of the icier instead of along the sides As liis has 40 4 0 X of these sturdy libers fibers are found tl ie to alie square inch of mohair velvet velet solime kno knowledge ledge of tle the physical physic id structure und and chemical composition of the mohair fiber Is to understand und cistand why it makes a superior fabric seen under a microscope the mohair fiber Is anio 0 h and with fewer scales or ser rations than on the wool fiber this means that it it does doas not attract dirt so quickly that dust tends to slide off 1 alie I ism smooth O th hairs and that actual dirt Is easily removed with a swift brug brushing hIng or with son soap and water ir if necos necessary sary without affecting the color then too mohair takes a afasa fast acid tye dye so that the effects of sun slid andl light need not be bedeared feared like aike all animal fibers fiber ii Is normally attractive to the pestiferous house moth but now science hasper fecter it means of effectual lynnd and per peno velvet it lias hils apen noticed tanti will actually die in preference I 1 tg 19 the fabric when one considers the tiemen tremendous dous amount ol of damage done annually by this innocent looking littie litlie insect it Is obvious unit that for tills this feature alone recommends itself as the ideal fabric for fine fernl furniture hut but though mohair geivet velvet remains popular season after season its colors patterns and weaves change with lie current fashion beautiful sola colors or tw two 0 tone weaves period de signs sigis mode modernistic ef effects ol oi conventional patterns may all be had in lao 1110 biair velvet sometimes the pile Is cut to form the pattern the remaining title being stamped with it ito cloral rat or other design in other places the file pattern Is formed by cutting certain of the loops and the fabric Is then men i called frieze if the uncut portion p we re ites it Is called fr lezette then again the material may be hand blocked in striking designs design 9 or woven on it a jacquard loom with various colored ore mohair yarns then too mohair velvet lias has been found to he be virtually fadeless unchanging after years otton ofton stant exposure to tho the sun and elements this Is because eca ise odthe of the ofhie of ot tb hie fibbi fiber tubular and very attractive 16 onald acid dye the unusual long service which mohair gives Is due to the fact that wing a pile fabric the wear comes on oil ilie en ends Is of 0 the fibers nud not along ib he gfa sl tt does not really hold dust because the lie surface of the fibers unlike those ot or wool are smooth and glossy actual soil boll la Is easily removed with soap and water |
