British-made cotton shirting sample; Consular Collection
notes: label: Description
content: Off-white square fragment of cotton cloth, glued to cardboard backing. Dark stain across one corner of backing, obliterating part of label. .
label: Description
content: On glued paper label. "Gray Shirting - English (/) 40 yards by 36 inches, 11 lbs. Used for..."
label: Description
content: Consular Collection: Part of collection of samples acquired by US Consuls overseas between about 1898 and 1918, in the interests of promoting US trade and business opportunities; which was transferred by the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s-30s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Consular Collection Textile Samples
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80514V17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (backing material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 7 3/32 in; 21.59 cm x 18.034 cm
label: Measurements
content: swatch: 3 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 11.43 cm