Fabric sample; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Lightweight twill apparel fabric in tan, mixed fibers?; from the U.S. Consulate in Japan. 2 selvages. Eaten away in spots. Slick finished surface.
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: Description
content: It is unclear if this is a western manufactured textile for the Japanese/East Asian market, or manufactured in Japan for domestic use or foreign sale.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 U.S. Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80570V98
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mixture? (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.5 cm x 94 cm; 6 3/32 in x 37 in