Piece of pink cloth.. Marked on red & white glued paper label: "108 CTM (/) FR 56 (/) 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.
Swatch of sheer white cotton fabric with printed floral design in black & lavender. Stapled to white cardboard backing with black & white illustration of large building (Department store). Marked on card: "Aktieselskabet (/) Magasin Dn Nord (/) Coll. (/) Kjobenhavn, K."; also: "Imported" and "Brede 31 Tom (/) Pris".
Textile Sample: Plain weave white cotton shirting. Tag attached, "American Consulate at Mombasa, B.E.A. Trade opportunity No. 150, 93881, of July 28, 1917. Sample No. 1- White Shirting". A bleached white fabric with a glossy surface finish. Labeled in gold: “A. Allidina Visram, Mombasa.” with a symbol of a three-armed scroll or swirl pattern with trefoils in the crevices. Stitched together, approx. 4 ft. in length.
An envelope found with the Mombasa textile group reads: "Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington. 93881 (1917), Mombasa Textiles Brit. Manuf. CR 260 1917 FTO25764" (or FTO625764?) This is the Consular Report associated with this textile sample. At the time of this correspondence, Mombasa was in British East Africa.
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 black wool flannel apparel (suiting?) fabric. Marked on pinned slip of paper: "W.1.40 ctm (/) fres. 6.55". Found in envelope marked: "From Consular Service U.S.A. (/) Rouen, France, 29.48"
Swatch of blue wool tweed apparel fabric. Marked on piece of cardboard stamped with seal of US Consulate in Prague, found in envelope with samples."Referring to Despatch Dated May 5th 1904. (/) Samples of woolen materials requested by circular of 18th February 1904"; " Marked on pinned slip of paper: "140 (/) 3.1 (/) Crown"
Swatch of blue and white cotton fabric with woven geometric pattern. Stapled to white cardboard backing with black & white illustration of large building (Department store). Marked on card: "Aktieselskabet (/) Magasin Dn Nord (/) Coll. (/) Kjobenhavn, K."; also: "Imported" and "Kval 27 (/) Brede Tom (/) Pris 50".
Swatch of navy blue and white woven polka dot cotton fabric. Stapled to white cardboard backing with black & white illustration of large building (Department store). Marked on card: "Aktieselskabet (/) Magasin Dn Nord (/) Coll. (/) Kjobenhavn, K."; also: "Imported" and "Kval 27 (/) Brede Tom (/) Pris 50".
White shirting, “No. 3”, sold in Delhi, India and made in England. Seal is a bird pulling a cricket or grass hopper in a chariot. Around the seal is “Robt. Barbour & Bros, Manchester. Reg. No.71532”. Another name printed “J. KHUNNAH AND SON, DELHI”. Seal on the back; Bird and cricket/grasshopper. “Warranted AYTOUN finish, thoroughly bleached”
Swatch of gray-blue woolen apparel fabrics. Marked on piece of cardboard stamped with seal of US Consulate in Prague, found in envelope with sample: "Referring to Despatch Dated May 5th 1904. (/) Samples of woolen materials requested by circular of 18th February 1904." Marked on pinned slip of paper: "140 cm (/) C. 340".
Off-white square fragment of cotton cloth, glued to cardboard backing. Dark stain across one corner of backing, obliterating part of label. .
On glued paper label. "Gray Shirting - English (/) 40 yards by 36 inches, 11 lbs. Used for..."
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 printed fabric: Red ground with yellow, green, blue, red paisley motifs. Marked on glued paper label: "Sample No. 18. 21 in. wide, price 3\ per yd.".
