Catalog and price list for Afritex fabrics
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Distributed by
content: Afritex, American, founded 1995
notes: label: Description
content: A catalog and price list for Afritex. The cover of the catalog has a photo of a woman wearing a blue and gold matching halter top and skirt. The woman is sitting down with fourteen different swaths of patterned fabrics in front of her. Behind the woman are three large vases. The vase on the right has a red patterened fabric draped over it and a brown and black patterned fabric is draped over the vase on the left. Printed underneath the woman is the Afritex logo in black with a phone number printed under it. The background of the catalog is white. The inside of the catalog has rows of pictures of different fabrics with a number printed below it in black. The back of the catalog has an advertisement for the "george" fabric. At the top left corner is black text detailing the pattern and colors available for the george fabric. At the top right corner are images of the different colors available for the george fabric. At the bottom left is the image of a skirt. Across the bottom is black text detailing how to order fabric swatchbooks from Afritex. At the bottom right corner is the address and phone number for Afritex. The price list has black ink on white paper. Printed at the top is the name [AFRITEX] with the address and phone number printed below it. Printed on the rest of the paper are the names and prices for six different fabrics. Printed underneath the name of each fabric are the prices for different measurements.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Textile design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Malene Djenaba Barnett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2025.18.20ab
objectType: label: Type
content: catalogs
label: Type
content: menus
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Malene Djenaba Barnett
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a. catalog): 11 × 8 9/16 in. (27.9 × 21.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. price list): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)