C. 1900 Brainerd & Armstrong Knitting Silk Thread Color Sample Board victorian shoe ornament 2 7/8" tall and in

2 7/8" tall and in very good condition (though with plenty of irregularities indigenous to it)

with a good amount of age

(a firm owned by him and his brothers)

As Puget Sound is mentioned I'd think its maker was from the Pacific Northwest

C. 1900 Brainerd & Armstrong Knitting Silk Thread Color Sample Board victorian shoe ornament 2 7/8" tall and inI believe this three panel Brainerd and Armstrong thread sample folio showing the "best selling shades" of knitting silk dates to right around 1900, and it remains in excellent condition. I'll never get over the beauty of sample cards like this, which to me are really all about the packaging and delivery of color here 73 samples of different shades. I don't believe the fourth column shows loss of thread as there are no numbered labels there; the