Straw braid; China; Consular Collection
notes: label: Description
content: Roll of straw braid, light yellow (undyed, natural) in color. Dimensions are for rolled braid.
label: Description
content: Paper tag: "From (/) Franco-American Co. (/) Importers and Exporters (/) Tientsin, China. (/) Furnished on application (/) contents straw braid. In ordering (/) please use our (/) serial #3 (/) Grade #4." Some Chinese characters and other individual markings on back of tag. Probably for millinery use or mat-making.
label: Description
content: Consular Collection. An example of the kinds of goods acquired by US Consular officers overseas to send home to the Dept. of Commerce, in the interests of promoting American trade and business opportunities.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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.RSN80511V32
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Braid, straw
label: Object Type
content: braid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: straw (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 3.5 cm; 13/32 in x 1 3/8 in