Hallo Michael,

Fabric pieces or fabric specimens are, of course, different from (cloth) fragments. A cloth fragment can be found in a shredder or excavation. Fabric specimens are to be found, at least from the 19th c. onwards, bound in catalogues, books, folders etc. as a media of selling as so-called

"swatchbooks, sample books, sample books, folder of samples, specimen books"  (Source: German-English Dictionary KONSERVATIVe, with more than 119,000 words from all parts of cultural heritage protection, including the larger complexes textile fibres, arms and armour, minerals, old tools and techniques, synthetic and natural colours and dyes, alloys, imitation products, pests and vermins, chemicals etc.) http://www.museum-aktuell.de/index.php?site=kwb&TM=8 (turning to https soon).

The term swatch is used for wood, color and textile samples (including lace samples), at least in the UK. If you don't like it, "sample" (and sample book) seems to be always appropriate for this category.

In my ears, the term you and Tori are using, "fabric scrap", sounds a bit negative, near the German word "Fetzen". "sample/specimen" as a generic term should be found in any proper thesaurus.

Best

Christian

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Following, as we have a large amount of fabric scraps in our collection from dressmaking and other textile crafts. In 3.0, I classified them Tools and Equipment for Materials / Textile Tools and Equipment / Needleworking Equipment / Fabric / Fabric, Scrap. Doesn't look like that's an option in 4.0. 

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On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 10:27 AM Michael Rebman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Greetings,

I am currently attempting to resolve the "unclassified object names" found in PastPerfect before the annual updating of our online collections database.  Some of them were easy to resolve, but there are some difficulties with Nomenclature 4.0 in that it does not seem to have specific entries for archaeological and natural history items.  However, I need help with something specific.  My museum's collection includes a variety of cloth scraps and fragments, whose purpose is at present unknown due to the unacceptable registration methods used by the directors back in the 1960s and 1970s.  What should I use from Nomenclature 4.0 to classify it?  They are currently in the catalog as "Cloth Fragment" and "Lace Fragment".  Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects does have "Fragment" and "Sample, Material", but would those be appropriate for fabric specimens and bolts of linen?

Thank you,

Michael R.

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