Kyoto Cotton Flannel Co., Ltd.; Sample book; 1904; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1904
notes: label: Description
content: Accordion folded paper book with 35 printed cotton flannel samples in various designs, mostly in browns & blues. One sample unglued. Cover is white with red & black graphics: some Japanese lettering and a bird on a red sun. Designs dated 1904.
label: Description
content: Marked on cover: Samples: " (/) Kyoto Cotton Flannel Co., (/) Limited (/) Kyoto, Japan." Dimensions: Approximately 10" x 5" closed.
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. Japan was beginning to be competitive internationally in the cotton textile market by 1904. The country would also become competitive in wool manufacturing and a highly important rayon producer by the 1930s.
label: Description
content: The number T.18460 is printed in pencil.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Kyōto, Kyoto
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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.RSN80570Q14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sample Book
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 cm x 13 cm x 1.5 cm; 9 27/32 in x 5 1/8 in x 19/32 in