Strip of woven wool apparel fabric. Red with boucle (curly yarn) stripes. Label has come loose and is pinned to fabric. Eaten away along one edge. Marked on red and white glued paper label: "108/10 ctm (/) 2 fe 18. (/) Roubaix (/) France."
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.
Selvage width strip of woven wool fabric. Both selvages intact. Color: tweed surface effect in green with white and rust-brown. Remains of a paper label glued near one end, a piece has been cut off the fabric near the label. Marked on red and white glued paper label: "114 (/) 1.49 (/) ROUBAIX (/) FRANCE"
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, 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.
Selvage width strip of woven wool apparel fabric, in maroon. Both selvages intact.An angled strip has been cut off near the middle. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "108/10 (/) 1.11 (/) Roubaix (/) Fr."
Roubaix was a premier weaving center in France; known for its woolens, but producing a range of fabric qualities for both the domestic and export markets. This group of selvage width samples of wool, or wool and cotton mixed cloth was 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.
Selvage width sample cut of black & white striped fabric. Glued paper label. Square cut out of one corner. Marked on corner: "8 1/2 cts per (/) meter".
A sample cut of cotton apparel fabric, in navy blue with white stripes. A swatch has been cut from one corner. Marked on red & white glued paper label: "Gt (/) 488.25 (/) London (/) Can." Tag may mean it is British-made for Canadian market? Further research needed.
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.
