J.L Hammett Lovely Drawing and Construction Paper Sample Books, Early 20th Century coffee set I'd guess 1940s or so

I'd guess 1940s or so but am not certain

Strange and great

placed over black they are less pronounced

This wonderful monkey came from the estate of the late Chicago-based collector and arts patron Ruth Horwich

pigmented beeswax

J.L Hammett Lovely Drawing and Construction Paper Sample Books, Early 20th Century coffee set I'd guess 1940s or soYum. I found and sold (for way too little) a salesman sample box full of various Hammett paper and notebook samples years ago and have thought about it VERY often since, so I jumped on these two FAST when I spotted them the best examples of the bunch. I love them like I love a box of early kindergarten blocks or an antique watercolor set the perfect combo of modular order and endless possibility. John L. Hammett was a schoolteacher who had authored