Packet of silk swatches; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Packet of silk fabric swatches from the U.S. Consular Collection: Plaid fragments with beige ground different patterns in brown, blue, black, purple.
label: Description
content: On pinned cloth label, sewn together.
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
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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.RSN80577V56
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric samples
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (pieces (14) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.5 cm x 14.5 cm; 5 5/16 in x 5 23/32 in