American-made Jeans fabric; Chinese market; Consular Collection
notes: label: Description
content: Swatch of unbleached, undyed, cotton fabric, called "Jeans" - Marked on glued piece of paper: "Sample No. 6. Jeans, American. (/) 29 inches by 30 yards, folded 16 inches, 20 pieces in a bale wrapped (/) with hemp bags and iron hooped, Sells at , Tls. 5.30 per piece. Used (/) for making clothes of under and outer garments after dyed. Market in- (/) creasing. Hk, Tls. 300,000 imported annually.
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 U.S. Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80626V11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.8 cm x 20 cm; 5 13/16 in x 7 7/8 in