C. 1900 “W.P” Warehouse Point Silk Co. Thread Color Sample Card great gift from "Bringing Up Father" an

from "Bringing Up Father" an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus

this would make a spectacular table runner

Price is per chair

14 1/2" diameter x 2 3/4" tall

and is also noted that he was a regular exhibitor at the Greenwich Village Outdoor Show in the 1940's and 1950's

C. 1900 “W.P” Warehouse Point Silk Co. Thread Color Sample Card great gift from "Bringing Up Father" anThere 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