Suiting fabric swatch; Japan; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Sample strip of suiting(?) fabric from Japan with different patterns woven into it. Part black and white plaid, part checked, part striped. One selvage. Cotton.
label: Description
content: Manufactured in Japan for domestic use, or foreign sale? It is possible that this group of sample strips showing different patterns are the equivalent of western 'sample blankets" (showing pattern choices for customers), for men's kimono or household fabric 'sample blankets.'
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: Japan
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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.RSN80570V65
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50.2 cm x 14.3 cm; 19 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in