Bolt end cotton cloth sample; Netherlands for the Chinese market; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Bolt end sample cut of off-white cotton fabric with red & light blue woven stripes along one edge. Blue ink stamped design of 2 'Oriental' figures attacking each other. Also Chinese characters below. Square has been cut out of one corner. There is also writing in pencil & red chalk.
label: Description
content: Marked on cloth in blue ink. "Holland China Trading Co. (/) 10 lbs (/) 38 1/2"
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.RSN80577V81
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 cm x 93 cm; 22 7/16 in x 36 5/8 in