Roubaix, France; wool fabric sample; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Selvage width strip of woven wool apparel fabric, in purple. Both selvages intact, but the piece is not quite rectangular in shape - narrower in the center. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "114/ (/) 1.49 (/) Roubaix, Fr."
label: Description
content: Roubaix was the premier wool weaving center in France; producing fine fabrics for both the domestic and export markets. It is likely that this group of selvage width strips of wool were all collected by a US Consular officer and sent back to the Dept. of Commerce as an example of the quality of the competition American woolen manufacturers faced in products from Roubaix.
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: France: Hauts-de-France, Roubaix
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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.RSN80563V33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 118 cm; 4 1/8 in x 46 15/32 in