Washed Cheviot wool, New Zealand; Imported by George Bond (broker), Boston; 1885

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Description:

Sample of washed white Cheviot wool, New Zealand; Housed in a glass jar.

Part of a large group of fiber samples acquired from various sources by the US National Museum in 1885. Part of the Economic Botany and Fibers collection, supporting research and commerce in the US textiles industry.

In Joseph T. Shaw's 1909 History of the Wool Industry of the US, the Bond family's wool business is outlined: "In 1838 George Bond started business with his two sons, George William and Charles R. Bond. George Bond died in 1842. The firm, known as George William and Charles R. Bond, became in 1845 Bond, Wyman, & Arkllay. In 1848 George William Bond started a brokerage business alone, and in 1867 associated with him as partners his son, William S. Bond, and I. Lewis Brackett. Mr. Bond died in 1892, and the house which he had founded was dissolved soon afterward.

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Fibers & Economic Botany

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Credit Line: Gift of George Bond, Boston, 1885

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.007273Catalog Number: 7273Accession Number: 15915

Object Name: wool sample

Measurements: overall: 7 1/4 in x 4 in; 18.415 cm x 10.16 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-d678-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1834396

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