Silk fabric sample; China; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of blue silk fabric - Chinese. Came in a package with other samples and a price chart. One selvage. Marked on pinned paper label: "Sample No.4". (duplicate sample).
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
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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.RSN80511V27
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: 18 cm x 22 cm; 7 3/32 in x 8 21/32 in