Sample of silk fabric; China; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Purple irregularly shaped fragment of silk fabric- Chinese made. Came in a package of fragments with a letter analyzing them.
label: Description (Brief)
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: Description
content: Irregularly shaped fragment of purple silk fabric- Chinese-made. Came in a package of fragments with a letter analyzing them. Marked on pinned paper label: "Sample No. 1"
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: China
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.RSN80511V20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
label: Object Name
content: sample, silk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 15.5 cm; 8 9/32 in x 6 3/32 in