Length of wool roving; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: A continuous length of white wool roving (carded fibers in a roll, preparatory to being spun into yarn). Tied into a bundle.
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
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.RSN80511V62
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wool roving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: fiber, roving: 67 cm x 18 cm x 10 cm; 26 3/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 3 15/16 in