English woolen "Lasting" for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Swatch of woolen cloth called "Lasting." English. Found with sample a sheet of paper. Black with slick finish, label coming unglued. Marked on cloth with orange wax pencil: "#6 (/) Lasting, Woolen, English". Marked on paper: "Box #4 (/) Samples accompanying report of Special Agent Burrell. List#4." Marked on glued paper label: Sample No. 6. Lasting, Used for jacket, shoes, and trimming of clothing. (/) Price per yard Tals 0.650 Mex. $0.93. Price per piece Tals 18,5000, Mex. (/) 26.43. [NB: Price in Tals usually given for goods meant for the Chinese market.]
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: England
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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.RSN80577V44
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 19 cm; 8 1/16 in x 7 15/32 in