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Catalog and price list for Afritex fabrics

2013

New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2025.18.20ab

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