Cotton fabric sample; UK/Canada' Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: A sample cut of cotton apparel fabric, in navy blue with white stripes. A swatch has been cut from one corner. Marked on red & white glued paper label: "Gt (/) 488.25 (/) London (/) Can." Tag may mean it is British-made for Canadian market? Further research needed.
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
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.RSN80577V64
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 74 cm; 9 1/16 in x 29 1/8 in