C. 1900 “W.P” Warehouse Point Silk Co. Thread Color Sample Card scissor man Perhaps easier said then done

Perhaps easier said then done

Providence

most of which one finds painted

and looks to me rather smitten with Miss Elsie

like laces

C. 1900 “W.P” Warehouse Point Silk Co. Thread Color Sample Card scissor man Perhaps easier said then doneThere is just something so satisfying about colors arranged into neat grids, and even better that the color come from dyed silk threads wrapped tightly around cardboard strips with corresponding numbers! This folding cardboard sample card, featuring some 300 colors or so, was produced by the Warehouse Point Silk Co. (1893 1944) of East Windsor, CT, which succeeded the Leonard Silk Co. (1875 1893). I believe it dates to early in Warehouse Point's