Shirting sample, for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Undyed cotton shirting sample, for the Chinese market. (Of type known now as muslin), nearly square sample. Marked on glued paper label: "Sample No. 10. Best Shirtings." Marked In blue chalk on fabric: "Best Shirtings". Found with sample - a sheet of paper, marked: "List #4, Box #4 (/) Samples accompanying report of Special Agent Burrell."
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.RSN80577V36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 9 3/32 in; 21.59 cm x 23.114 cm