Straw braid; China; Consular Collection
notes: label: Description
content: Roll of straw braid with paper tag. Marked on tag: "From (/) Franco-American Co. (/) Importers and Exporters (/) Tientsin, China (/) Quotations furnished on Application. (/) Contents Straw braid On reverse side of tag. In ordering (/) Please use our (/) Serial #4 (/) grade #3."
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: China
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.RSN80514V02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Braid, straw
label: Object Type
content: braid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: straw (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 2 cm x .5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 25/32 in x 3/16 in