Glemby's Sons Co. v. United States

A silk piano cover and a velvet table cover embroidered and made in part of trimming, were classified by the collector of customs at the port of New York, as fabrics and articles composed in part of trimming. The goods were therefore assessed for duty at 90 per centum ad valorem under that part of paragraph 1430 of the Tariff Act of 1922 which reads as follows:

Par. 1430. Laces, * * * burnt-out laces and embroideries capable of conversion into burnt-out laces, nets and nettings, embroidered or otherwise * * * tuckings, insertings, galloons, edgings, trimmings, fringes, gimps, ornaments; * * *…