Jean cloth; American for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Swatch of off-white, undyed Jean cloth; Made in the US for the Chinese market. Marked on cloth in blue pencil: "Jean American." Marked on glued paper label: "Sample No. 2. Jean, American. (/) 40 yards x 30 inches-13 pounds Best quality. Dyed locally. (/) Used for spring, autumn, and winter clothing,-mostly for the people (/) in the country. Not so much used in the city as in former years. (/) Price per yard Tls. 0.146 Mex. 0.21. Price per piece Tls 5.2000 Mex. (/) 7.43". Found with sample - a sheet of paper: "List #4, Box #4 (/) Samples accompanying report of Special Agent Burrell.
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 States
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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.RSN80577V48
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 7 in; 19.05 cm x 17.78 cm