A fragment of blue silk fabric, Chinese. Came in a package with other samples with a letter analyzing them. One selvage. Marked on pinned paper label: "Sample No. 4".
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 Japanese made white cotton shirting, "Box 10. Made by Maijar Weaving Co., Mischinomega, Settan Prefecture. (/) Shirting 52 x 48, 30" 3.75 yds to pound, 24 yds length, sold at (/) 2.50 yen or about 5 1/4 cts a yd. Sent by Special agent Clark from (/) England."
Beginning in the early years of the 20th century, Japan began to produce textile products of many kinds for export markets around the world. This is an early example of the kinds of fabrics Japan exported to Britain and her dominions.
Striped plain weave cotton fabric; Manchester (UK) for the African market. Irregular vertical stripes in navy blue, red, & yellow on white. Smaller fragment pinned to cloth.
Paper label clipped to textile reads: "American Consulate at Mombasa B.E.A. (/) Trade Opportunity No. 150 (/) of July 28, 1917. (/) Sample No. 9 - Shurrah Seeri": At the time of this correspondence, Mombasa was in British East Africa.
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.
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.
Sample cut of open weave fabric with printed black floral design around edges and 2 wreath designs inside of border. Folded & sewn onto lavender, deteriorating paper. Marked on paper: "Head coverings for women far (?) 1 (?) r (?) 10 (/) Pergan and Adramity (/) Price 2 piastres 9 cents." Part of group of textiles from parts of the Ottoman Empire, collected in 1885.
Strip of woven apparel fabric; Blue with white woven faint square shapes. Marked on red & white glued paper label: "98/100 ctm (/) 1fr. 45 (/) 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 woolen apparel fabric in blue with a speckled stripe. 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: "120 (/) 1.9 (/) Crown".
Textile Sample, plain weave cotton folded and tied together at selvages with pink yarn: White shirting, (box 9). White shirting sample. “Box 10, Sample No.11. Scoured cambric 23 square (per ¼ inch) 44”, 43 yards, 16s, 8d, c.i.f Japan. Sent by Special Agent Clark from Japan. Approx. 4 by 4 inches. Company label on samples, “Jaffe & Sons, Manchester”. Production information printed with cloth, “No. NIW 2023”, “101”, “24 yds”. Label or symbol is an elephant standing on a tapped barrel, printed in blue.
