Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots and the paper label a

and the paper label a bit brittle (with a tear down the back

I believe this three panel Brainerd and Armstrong thread sample folio--showing the "best selling shades" of knitting silk--dates to right around 1900

I found these along with the c

"Fear no more the heat of the sun / Golden lads and girls all must / Like chimney sweeps

Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots and the paper label aI imagine he slate on which this pink house and winter landscape was painted was salvaged from an antique school slate the frame of which fell apart. Whatever the case, I like it as much as any slate painting I've seen, cozy feeling and also with a real brightness (I'd say radiance, really) to this pink house against white snowy ground and blue sky. I especially love that little line of black crosses for the fence in the distance to the right of the