Strip of woven wool apparel fabric. Blue, black, brown, and bright yellow plaid. Long pinked edge. Marked on red and white glued paper label: "88/90 ctm (/) 0 fe 75 (/) Roubaix Fr. "
Roubaix was the premier wool weaving center in France; producing fine fabrics for both the domestic and export markets. It is likely that this group of selvage width strips of wool were all collected by a US Consular officer and sent back to the Dept. of Commerce as an example of the quality of the competition American woolen manufacturers faced in products from Roubaix.
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.
Unevenly cut selvage width sample strip of woolen apparel fabric in light (mint) green with an open weave diamond design. Deterrorating badly. Handwritten gold & white glued paper: "From Roubaix, France, 19085 90/100 1.29 (/) Voile armure".
Roubaix was the premier wool weaving center in France; producing fine fabrics for both the domestic and export markets. It is likely that this group of selvage width strips of wool were all collected by a US Consular officer and sent back to the Dept. of Commerce as an example of the quality of the competition American woolen manufacturers faced in products from Roubaix.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.
Swatch of unbleached, undyed, natural color gauze-like cotton. Horizontal band of densely woven stripes. Irregularly cut. Marked on glued slip of paper: "Sample No. 7. (/) 7 pounds. 2000 bales."
Sample of woven wool suiting/apparel fabric in dark blue with woven stripes of same color. Rectangular fragment. Original glued paper label: "52 inch (/) 131630 (/) Blue"
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.
Selvage width strip of woven wool apparel fabric, in blue. Both selvages intact, but the piece is not quite rectangular in shape - narrower in the center. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "118/20 (/) 1.47 (/) Roubaix (/) Fr."
Roubaix was the premier wool weaving center in France; producing fine fabrics for both the domestic and export markets. It is likely that this group of selvage width strips of wool were all collected by a US Consular officer and sent back to the Dept. of Commerce as an example of the quality of the competition American woolen manufacturers faced in products from Roubaix.
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.
Strip of woven wool apparel fabric. Navy blue worsted wool with a lighter blue stripe woven into the selvage. Marked on red and white glued paper label: "Manchester (/) 40 in- wide 16 cts"
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.
Selvage width sample strip of ribbed fabric with pattern of pink flowers on a white ground. Marked: "Piquet 7S/C (/) F060 (?) (/) weight (/) 130 grammes (/) the meter".
A selvage width sample of woven wool apparel fabric in a dusty rose-pink color. Not uniformly cut. Handwritten glued white paper seal: "118/20 (/) 2.11 (/) Roubaix (/) Fr."
Roubaix was the premier wool weaving center in France; producing fine fabrics for both the domestic and export markets. It is likely that this group of selvage width strips of wool were all collected by a US Consular officer and sent back to the Dept. of Commerce as an example of the quality of the competition American woolen manufacturers faced in products from Roubaix.
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.
