Silk fabric sample; China; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: A fragment of blue silk fabric, Chinese. Came in a package with other samples with a letter analyzing them. One selvage. Marked on pinned paper label: "Sample No. 4".
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: China
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
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.RSN80511V23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sample, silk
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 16.5 cm; 10 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in