Catalog and price list for Afritex fabrics: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A catalog and price list for Afritex. The cover of the catalog has a photo of a woman wearing a blue and gold matching halter top and skirt. The woman is sitting down with fourteen different swaths of patterned fabrics in front of her. Behind the woman are three large vases. The vase on the right has a red patterened fabric draped over it and a brown and black patterned fabric is draped over the vase on the left. Printed underneath the woman is the Afritex logo in black with a phone number printed under it. The background of the catalog is white. The inside of the catalog has rows of pictures of different fabrics with a number printed below it in black. The back of the catalog has an advertisement for the "george" fabric. At the top left corner is black text detailing the pattern and colors available for the george fabric. At the top right corner are images of the different colors available for the george fabric. At the bottom left is the image of a skirt. Across the bottom is black text detailing how to order fabric swatchbooks from Afritex. At the bottom right corner is the address and phone number for Afritex. The price list has black ink on white paper. Printed at the top is the name [AFRITEX] with the address and phone number printed below it. Printed on the rest of the paper are the names and prices for six different fabrics. Printed underneath the name of each fabric are the prices for different measurements.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2013
• Distributed by: Afritex, American, founded 1995
• Type: catalogs
• Type: menus
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (a. catalog): 11 × 8 9/16 in. (27.9 × 21.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (b. price list): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place printed: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Textile design
• Object number: 2025.18.20ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Malene Djenaba Barnett
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Afritex Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.