Richardson Silk Company Premium List - Embroidery and Sewing Silks
- Chicago, Illinois: Richardson Silk Company, 1900
Chicago, Illinois: Richardson Silk Company, 1900. Very good. Envelope toned, dust soiled, worn. A little rust from staples.. Illustrated trade catalogue, with original branded mailing envelope, for the Richardson Silk Company. Tauting the "Grand Prix d'Honneur" at the 1900 Paris Exposition, the catalogue offers skeins of embroidery silks, linens with patterns for practicing embroidery, and sofa pillow tops with elaborate Art Nouveau designs. Note the designs showing romantic scenes, as in Design B on pg. 29, which depicts a couple flirting in a drawing room. Also advertises an embroidery hoop holder. Single vol. (4.75" by 6.75"), pp. 32, illus., stapled in original green printed wrappers. With branded envelope measuring 5.5" by 7.5", stamped and postmarked with address in ink.