"Shantung Cloth"; China, Domestic market; Consualar Collection
notes: label: Description
content: Swatch of striped cotton fabric in blue, dark blue, and white, heavily sized. Shantung Cloth, Marked on glued paper label: "Sample No. 26. Shantung Cloth. (/) Various colors and patterns. One piece equal to 50 ft. by 17 inches, (/) 40 pieces in a bale. Used for bedding mattress. Wadded with cotton. (/) Sells at T/s. 1.40 per piece. One piece can make one coverlet. The (/) sample herewith is one coverlet when sewed together by lengthwise making a (/) 34 inches wide bedding. Used estensively by natives of the interior. (/) Sent by Crist from Shanghai, China."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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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 U.S. Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80649V16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.2 cm x 11.6 cm; 5 3/16 in x 4 9/16 in