C. 1900 Brainerd & Armstrong Knitting Silk Thread Color Sample Board victorian shoe ornament I envision this painting hanging

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

but perfect for erases to all sorts of other little things

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

2 7/8" tall and in very good condition (though with plenty of irregularities indigenous to it)

C. 1900 Brainerd & Armstrong Knitting Silk Thread Color Sample Board victorian shoe ornament I envision this painting hangingI 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