Cotton fabric swatch booklet; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Book of cotton fabric samples sewn together within a paper sleeve or cover. Mostly solid color, off white & light brown. Each sample has a small paper tag sewn at one corner describing its weave & use.
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.RSN80577V60
objectType: label: Object Name
content: swatch booklet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (pieces (25) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 20 cm x .5 cm; 3 15/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 3/16 in