"Phoenix" shirting; Shewan, Tomes & Co. for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Length of muslin-like undyed, cotton shirting fabric; with blue ink lettering stamped into cloth. Glued blue & gold paper label with picture of bird & japanese writing along sides. Squares have been cut out of 2 corners.
label: Description
content: Marked on fabric in blue ink: "Shewan, Tomes & Co. (/) Best (/) Shirtings (/) G G."
label: Description
content: Marked on paper label: "The Phoenix Chop (/) Shewan, Tomes & Co."
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. Phoenix chop, or brand, suggests this was probably for the Chinese market.
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 the Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80577V39
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 97 cm x 132 cm; 38 3/16 in x 51 31/32 in