Cotton fabric sample; UK/Canada; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Sample cut of blue and white cotton apparel fabric - chambray type with warp and weft yarns of different colors. Piece cut out from corner. Marked on red & white glued paper label: "Ht (/) 626.15 (/) 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.RSN80577V96
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 29 29/32 in; 46.99 cm x 75.946 cm