Wool apparel fabric; Manchester, (UK?); Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Unevenly cut strip of paterned woolen apparel (dress?) cloth. Black, in an open weave patterned with more densely woven circles. Cut ends unravelling. Red and white glued paper label: "Manchester (/) 48 in. wide (/) 42 cts".
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 as to whether this fabric is from Manchester, England or Manchester, New Hampshire, US. Consular report for this group would clarify this.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.RSN80570V61
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 111 cm; 8 1/16 in x 43 11/16 in