E.I DuPont Chrome Colors for Men's Wear, 90 Color Samples on Pulled Wool, c. 1930s-40s antique handmade paper dolls 4 1/8” w x 3

4 1/8” w x 3 1/8” t x 2 1/16” d and in very good

) Part of the appeal for me of a relatively minimalist pin cushion like this is the pins found in it too--this one looks like it was once punctuated with a full neat grid of them

and all the better for what time has done to the colors

Porter and Middletown Connecticut printed at the very bottom edge

E.I DuPont Chrome Colors for Men's Wear, 90 Color Samples on Pulled Wool, c. 1930s-40s antique handmade paper dolls 4 1/8” w x 3This is a scarce one, in pristine condition, barely opened I think since being gifted from E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co. to the library of some unknown someone in the 1930s or 40s. I'm always on the hunt for color sample cards and books, satisfying things to look at, and useful reference and inspirational fodder for all sorts of contemporary creative production, too. Ninety dye samples here, "selected because they bear the properties necessary for the