C. 1900 Brainerd & Armstrong Knitting Silk Thread Color Sample Board victorian shoe ornament Falling in love with this

Falling in love with this old sign led me to learn about the history IGA markets

(a firm owned by him and his brothers)

As Puget Sound is mentioned I'd think its maker was from the Pacific Northwest

I envision this painting hanging amid a salon style wall of still lives and domestic scenes

C. 1900 Brainerd & Armstrong Knitting Silk Thread Color Sample Board victorian shoe ornament Falling in love with thisI believe this three panel Brainerd and Armstrong thread sample folio showing the "best selling shades" of knitting silk dates to right around 1900, and it remains in excellent condition. I'll never get over the beauty of sample cards like this, which to me are really all about the packaging and delivery of color here 73 samples of different shades. I don't believe the fourth column shows loss of thread as there are no numbered labels there; the