Wool fabric sample; Manchester, (UK?); Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Unevenly cut strip of woolen apparel cloth. Navy blue twill weave with light blue stripe in selvage. Red and white glued paper label: "Manchester (/) 40 in. wide (/) 17 1/2 cts."
label: Description
content: It is unclear as to whether this fabric is from Manchester, England or Manchester, New Hampshire, US. Consular report for this group would clarify this.
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.RSN80570V54
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 1/2 in; 85.09 cm