Suiting fabric; Japan?; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Suiting fabric sample from Japan with different patterns woven into it. Black & white twill in wool or wool cotton mix? 2 selvages. Embroidered: "Chambers. Gebauer." Square piece cut out near end.
label: Description
content: Probably 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
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 U.S. Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80570V93
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 214 cm x 34 cm; 84 1/4 in x 13 3/8 in