Shirting fabric; Dutch for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of undyed plain weave cotton shirting. Glued paper label: "Sample No. 1. Shirting, White, Dutch. (/) 40 yards x 36 inches. 12 pounds. Used for single suits, bed sheeting (/) and stockings. Dyed in different shades of blue and gray for single (/) and double garments. Tals. 0.161 per piece. Max. $0.23. Price per (/) piece Tals 5.800. Max $8.29." Marked on paper: "List #4", "Box #4 (/) Samples accompanying report of Special Agent Burrell." Marked on cloth with blue pencil: "Shirting, White, Dutch".
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: Netherlands
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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.RSN80577V45
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 9 5/16 in; 19.05 cm x 23.622 cm