INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Textile wholesale bolt width, lot and roll records for AI
Bolts of fabric can share a style while carrying different widths or dye lots.
NAICS 424310 · Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Bolts of fabric can share a style while carrying different widths or dye lots. FTC provides textile labeling resources. A distributor can create a synthetic comparison that ties a partial roll’s measured length to its own source tag. FTC textile and wool labeling guidance
Label two practice rolls and photograph a swatch from each. Write a cut order and give a returned portion a missing lot field. Ask which records support the length, width and declared composition. The reviewer verifies which claims cannot follow from color alone.
Use original tags and fabric you can license for recording. Exclude customer designs, private quantities and protected supplier sheets.
Describe a staged textile wholesale sample
Original Fiund exercise
A partial roll's measured length does not recover its missing dye lot or composition
Two original owned fabric rolls and a return segment use dummy tags. There is no client design, protected supplier sheet, private quantity or actual order.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| TBW1 | Bolt register | Style S: bolt A lot L1 width 50 practice cm, declared composition C1. Bolt B lot L2 width 55 cm, declared C2. |
| TBW2 | Cut order | Practice cut K explicitly links bolt A/L1; reviewed measured length 30 cm. No link from K to any later return. |
| TBW3 | Returned portion | Segment R measured 20 cm, looks like style S, lot field missing and no tag or parent link. No direct width or composition finding. |
Question for the model
What length, width and composition are supported for K, and can R inherit them from color or appearance?
Show the reference answer and checks
TBW2 supports K's measured 30 cm and links it to A/L1. TBW1 supplies A's documented 50 cm width and declared C1 composition, distinct from the observed cut length. TBW3 supports only R's 20 cm measurement and visual resemblance; missing lot and parent evidence prevent attributing either bolt's width or composition. Request a reviewed tag or source link rather than assume shared color establishes lineage.
- Applying a bolt's declared composition to an unlinked return segment.
- Treating color similarity or a measured length as proof of dye lot and width.
Fields to preserve
- Style, bolt and dye lot
- Defines provenance.
- Measured cut length and declared width
- Separates observation from specification.
- Return parent and composition source
- Limits attribution.
Test another case
Recover R's B parent tag but no width measurement. Require B's documented width to be cited as a specification, not newly measured R width.
Use owned fabric and original tags with recording rights. Exclude customer designs and protected supplier records.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.