Rare Antique Amana Society Wool Flannel Fast Black Twills Salesman Sample Board drinking bowls a tiny fold in the

a tiny fold in the bottom left corner

with bat wing-like points to the heart on the exterior

combined with the three long nails extending from each foot

and as I'm finding examples like this harder and harder to come by and more and more pricey when I do

I'm always looking at glass microscopic slides with hand-written labels as I just think they're such pretty and evocative things

Rare Antique Amana Society Wool Flannel Fast Black Twills Salesman Sample Board drinking bowls a tiny fold in theA very rare one to find a sampler of wool flannel textile samples from the Amana Society (1867 1932), Amana, Iowa, early 20th c. I believe. Manufacturing textiles for sale was a significant source of income for the religious community, which this sample board, with handwritten notations ("27 Inch Fast Black Twills"; then each sample numbered) embodies. From the website of the Hamilton College Library, which holds a collection of archival materials