Garrett Buchanan Co. Howard Bond Paper Color Samples Card, c. 1920s rust and cream with a perfect orange painted

with a perfect orange painted reverse

there was a slightly later iteration of this box where the curvy stripes of the rainbow on the left side were replaced by angular ones such that all were zig zags

10" wide x 7 1/2" deep x 7" tall

and with a nice patina

with some loss to the red paint decorating the spine but the painted cartouche on the face just perfect

Garrett Buchanan Co. Howard Bond Paper Color Samples Card, c. 1920s rust and cream with a perfect orange paintedI've been especially attentive lately to paper and fabric and thread and ribbon color sample cards of all sorts very much about the joys of color, both subtle and bold, but also about their design, and tactility tangibility, and orderliness, and sense of creative possibility! Anyway, the Howard Bond paper samples here are lovely, with the colors like sherbet flavors, and I like the the long narrow cutout window through which one can view them, like a