Selvage width sample strip of cotton fabric; gray ground with bands of purple, green, gold, & white striping. Marked on glued paper label: "Percal 7% (?) (/) L 060 (/) Weight 80 grammes to the (/) meter".
White cotton shirting. Labeled, "Calico, Swiss". Marked in black ink: "No 1 (/) Calico. weiss. olg. (/) Width 70 centimeters (/) Manufacturer's price 26 centimes per meter (/) Width 80 centimeters (/) price 28 (/) Made in Switzerland."
Three houndstooth check patterned wool(?) flannel swatches; pinned together with handwritten piece of paper. Marked on pinned paper label: "R-browns 1.60 per meter (/) W. 10 to 20 % less".
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.
