Skein of silk in a display box
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White silk thread twisted into a skein. Inside original cardboard display box, with glass top. The box is covered with green & white floral patterned paper. The box is similar to other display boxes found in the Consular Collection that held silkworm cocoons and silk skeins.
label: Description
content: White silk thread twisted into a skein. Inside original cardboard display box, with glass top. The box is covered with green & white floral patterned paper. The box is similar to other display boxes found in the Consular Collection that held silkworm cocoons and silk skeins.
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
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.RSN80511V01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk skein
label: Object Type
content: thread
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: thread: 26 cm x 5 cm x 3 cm; 10 1/4 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall - box: 40 cm x 9 cm x 5.8 cm; 15 3/4 in x 3 17/32 in x 2 9/32 in