Cotton T-cloth; Japan for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Square swatch of undyed T-cloth; a plain weave cotton utilitarian cloth. Made in Japan for the export market, possibly also for domestic use. Marked In blue chalk on fabric: "# 3 (/) T-Cloth, Grey, Japan." Marked on glued paper label: "Sample No. T-cloth, Grey, Japan. (/) 24 yards x 31-1/2 inches. Dyed locally--used for all kinds of clothing (/) by the country people. Price per yard. Tals 0.099, Mex. $0.141 (/) Price per piece, Tals. XXX (/) 1.950, Mex. $2.785."
label: Description
content: Found with sample - a sheet of paper, marked: "List #4, Box #4 (/) Samples accompanying report of Special Agent Burrell."
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. Japan was beginning to be competitive internationally in the cotton textile market by 1904. The country would also become competitive in wool manufacturing and a highly important rayon producer by the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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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.RSN80577V37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 20 cm; 7 3/32 in x 7 7/8 in