Selvage width strip of woven wool flannel apparel fabric, in dark blue. Both selvages intact. Pieces have been cut out along one edge near the middle. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "114/15 (/) 1.14 (/) Roubaix (/) Fr."
Roubaix was a premier weaving center in France; known for its woolens but producing fabrics of many qualities for both the domestic and export markets. This group of selvage width fabric samples 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 strip of woven wool flannel apparel or suiting fabric in a tweed effect; brown with white speckled surface. Marked on blue and white glued paper label: "Roubaix France (/) 108 c/m 1 fr 47 (/) No. 224".
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 woven pattern of dots and commas. Handwritten gold & white glued paper label: "From Roubaix, France, 18848 90/0 1.79 (/) fil a fil".
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 twill weave wool (perhaps wool and cotton) flannel fabric; two selvages intact; Brown with beige and rust (white and red?) plaid; Nubbly surface. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "114/15 (/) 1.81 (/) 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.
Textile Sample, (Roubaix samples), Wool sample, tan. Made in France for the East Asian market?
Strip of lightweight twill fabric, "wheat" color; from the U.S. Consulate in Japan. 2 selvages. Eaten away in spots. Slick finished surface.
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 mostly 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.
A selvage width strip of woven wool dress fabric in black, Both selvages intact. White handwritten piece of paper stapled at one end, marked: "Dress stuff for women (/) manufactured at Reims (France) (/) 1 metre long (3.28 feet) x 1 metre (/) (3.28 feet) wide (/) Whole sale price (/) francs 2./25 (43/4 cents) the metre."
France was an important manufacturer of various qualities of woolen 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 French manufacturers.
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 tightly-woven wool fabric in light purple, with a white stripe woven into the selvage. Both selvages intact; a strip has been cut off one cut end.. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "114/100 (/) 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.
Swatch of off-white, undyed Jean cloth. American for the Chinese market. Marked on glued paper label: "Sample No. 2. Jean, American. (/) 40 yards x 30 inches--13 pounds-- Best quality. Dyed locally. (/) Used for spring, autumn, and winter clothing,--mostly for the people (/) in the country. Not so much used in the city as in former years. (/) Price per yard Tls. 0.146 Mex. 0.21. Price per peice Tls. 5.2 Mex. (/) 7.43."
Found with sample - a sheet of paper, marked: " List #4, Box #4 (/) Samples accompanying report of Special Agent Burrell."
Marked on fabric with blue pencil: "#2 (/) Jean American."
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 in purple, with a basket weave effect. Marked on red and white glued paper label: "114 ctm (/) 1 fr 78 (/) 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.
Sample cut of cotton textile: "Kaniki Blue". Thick dark blue rectangle of cloth with large square piece cut from one corner. Tag attached reads, “No. 14, Kaniki Blue size 47 X68”. Each made up in pairs. Each pair to be wrapped in paper, packed 200 to a bale. About 6,000 bales a year can be used." Label on the back reads, “No. C3997, Width: 46 and 130, Length (Blank), Price: 54/1 ½ per corg.” Labeled, “Durant, Radford & Co. Ltd., London.” “110” is written in red on fabric.
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.
Selvage width strip of tightly-woven wool apparel fabric; in an aqua or sky blue shade. Both selvages intact. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "114/100 (/) 1.67 (/) 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 red. Blue and white glued paper label: "Roubaix France (/) 114 c/m 2 fr - (/) No 130"
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 twill weave woolen apparel fabric in bright blue. Condition: eaten away at one end. Handwritten gold & white glued paper: "From Roubaix, France, 16371 90/100 1.29 (/) Viofoureux uni"
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 apparel or suiting fabric, in brown. Both selvages intact, but the piece is not quite rectangular in shape - narrower in the center. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "114/15 (/) 1.38 (/) 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 pink with black & white woven lozenge pattern. .Handwritten gold & white glued paper label: "From Roubaix, France, 19420 90/0 1.99 (/) Plumetis".
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 flannel apparel fabric in a dusty green shade. Both selvages intact.. Small strips cut from edges. Marked on white paper seal glued to fabric: "118/20 (/) 1.67 (/) 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 wasl 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 strip ofl ight (lime) green, lightweight woolen apparel fabric with satin-effect dots and dark blue surface texture.. 2 selvages. Twisted & tangled together. Handwritten gold & white glued paper label: "From Roubaix, France, 19163. 98/100 239 (/) 19163. 98/100 239 (/) Eolienne armuner".
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 purple wool twill weave apparel fabric. Blue and white glued paper label: "Roubaix France (/) 114/15 c/m 1 fr 31 (/) No 125".
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 flannel apparel or suiting fabric in brown. Uneven, cut wider at center. Marked on red and white glued paper label: "114/15 ctm (/) 1 fe 67 (/) 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.
Selvage width sample strip of dark green wool tweed with white & rust colored pinstripes. Unevenly cut. Handwritten glued white paper seal: "114/100 (/) 1.40) (/) Roubaix (/) Fr". Marked on blue & white glued label: "Roubaix France (/) 118C/M 1fr49 (/) No. 223".
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.
