Art Deco illustrations are some of my favorites, and this old paint book is full of them. It was published by Whitman, and although it is not dated, it’s pretty clear that these images are from the 1920s. I am going to be taking a blog break for the next few weeks, and plan to…
Month: August 2012
Antique Redwork Transfers
This small page was part of the group of antique transfers I purchased on our road trip last year. There were some very old Royal Society and DMC transfer booklets in the lot, but this page did not seem to belong to them. There are no identifying marks on the sheet, except for the following…
Kalburnie Gingham – Ladies Home Journal, 1922
Today, instead of vintage fabric, here are some sweet Art Deco advertisements for vintage fabric. Kalburnie gingham was one of many cotton textiles manufactured at Lancaster Mills in Clinton, Massachusetts. I have noticed both in these ads and in my vintage catalogs, that these old ginghams were not limited to the two-color checked versions so…