E.I DuPont Chrome Colors for Men's Wear, 90 Color Samples on Pulled Wool, c. 1930s-40s wooden row boat with a hardness and weight

with a hardness and weight very similar to a real loaf

5 1/4" l x 1 5/8" d x 2 3/8" t

though I don’t think I’d risk a chip to those perky ears--though it might just be indestructible

and it's certainly got a very Coney Island/ seaside boardwalk sort of flavor to me with this lush and juicy red "5" against white ground

E.I DuPont Chrome Colors for Men's Wear, 90 Color Samples on Pulled Wool, c. 1930s-40s wooden row boat with a hardness and weightThis 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