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Total number of records: 8

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United States of America8
France3
Washington2
Europe1
Hawaii1

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J. Claude Freres & Co3
United States. Department of Agriculture2
Bradford Chamber of Commerce1
The Spool Cotton Company1

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Learn How Book
Textile

Learn How Book

The Spool Cotton Company

1941

The Learn How Book, number 170, is one of a series published by The Spool Cotton Company. The magazine contains instructions on how to crochet, knit, tat and embroider. The booklet gives illustrated t...

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J.Claude Frères & Cie 3

J. Claude Frères & Co

1954

Softback with red covers, with black text on cover. The book was compiled in France but several of the samples are labelled as American.

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J.Claude Frères & Cie 4

J. Claude Frères & Co

1954

Softback with red covers, with black text on cover. The book was compiled in France but several of the samples are labelled as American.

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J.Claude Frères & Cie 7 [pattern book]

J. Claude Frères & Co

1954

Softback with red covers. The book was compiled in France but several of the samples are labelled as American.

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Official Standards of the Unived States for Grades of Wool Tops [samples]
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Official Standards of the United States for Grades of Wool Tops [samples]

United States. Department of Agriculture; Bradford Chamber of Commerce

1926-1928

A black card box of United States wool standards samples mounted on 4 black velvet boards, containing full descriptive label issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Samples are individ...

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Official Standards of the Unived States for Grades of Wool Tops [samples]
Textile

Official Standards of the United States for Grades of Wool Tops [samples]

United States. Department of Agriculture

1926-1928

Black card box of US wool standards samples mounted on 4 black velvet, containing full descriptive label issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Samples have wax seals with individual ...

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Tapa cloth fragment

A small fragment of undecorated Tapa cloth from Hawaii (the Sandwich Islands), with an original museum label that states it was from the 'burial caves'. The cloth is locally called Kapa.

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purse
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purse

mid 19th-mid 20th Century

A purse of black silk velvet, with beaded floral and leaf motifs in a white border decoration on both sides, and a flap at the top which covers the opening. The sides are joined together using red li...

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