Shirting cloth; Dutch for the East Asian market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Sample cut of white cotton plain weave "shirting" fabric. Bolt end, showing brown printed design of a bearded 'oriental' figure. Also has a pinned paper label. One corner has been cut.Marked on fabric in brown ink: "Best Dutch (/) White (/) Shirting (/) 40 yds"
label: Description
content: Marked on label: "Report of Special Agent (/) #1 (/) Burrill (/) Japan (/) 40 yds x 36" --12 lbs. (/) Used for single suits, bed sheeting and stockings. Dyed (/) in different shades of blue and (/) gray for single and double (/) garments. (/) Price per yd. Tls. 0.161-- Mex. $0.23 (/) " " pc. " (/) 5.800-- " $8.29"
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: Netherlands
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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.RSN80577V40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 87.5 cm x 126 cm; 34 7/16 in x 49 19/32 in