Antique Premier Art Embroidery Silk, 120 Color Sample Card collectible tin likely Northeast Coast as I

likely Northeast Coast as I found it in Maine

standing up steadily on their feet (or on their horses)

easy to grab like a handle and good in the hand

it feels almost like a sampler

its character unfolding across 360 degrees

Antique Premier Art Embroidery Silk, 120 Color Sample Card collectible tin likely Northeast Coast as II just can't resist these old thread color sample cards when I come across them yet another means of delivering the pure joy of color, and the more colors the better, 120 of them here. Plus the satisfying geometry of all those tightly pulled lines of threads, composing a grid. Pretty rose colored cloth over board cover with embossed gold lettering, too, reading simply "Premier Art Embroidery Silk." Late 19th c. very early 20th c. I believe. Closed: 8