T-cloth sample; England for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Swatch of English-made T-cloth, off-white, undyed; for the Chinese market. Marked on glued paper label: "Sample No. 4. T-cloth, English. (/) 24 yards x 36 inches. 7 lbs. Used for single suits, stockings, and (/) bed sheeting, Dyed in different shades of blue and gray for single (/) double, and wadded garments. Price per yard. Tals. 0.169 Price per piece Tals 3.600 - Mex. $5.14. C.I.F. Tientsin, 7--7/6." Marked on cloth in blue pencil: "#4 (/) T-Cloth".
label: Description
content: 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
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.RSN80577V49
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 8 11/16 in; 19.05 cm x 22.098 cm