Wool apparel fabric; Roubaix, France; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: A selvage width sample of woven woolapparel or suiting fabric in a dark brown and tan nubby tweed, Both selvages intact. White handwritten piece of paper stapled at one end: "Dress stuff for women (/) manufactured at Roubaix (France) (/) 1 metre long (3.28 feet) x 120 (/) centimetres (47/2 inches) wide (/) whole sale price (/) frcs 1.65 (32/8 cents ) the metre."
label: Description
content: France (and particularly Roubaix) was an important manufacturer of various qualities of woolen 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 French manufacturers.
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.RSN80570V10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.6 cm x 129 cm; 4 9/16 in x 50 25/32 in