The Diamond Dyes 45 Color Sample Swatch Card, Wells, Richardson & Co Vermont, c. 1910s shelf with drawer and it is even better

and it is even better in person

and I have never seen

and the lovely shiny black painted handle--what makes this one really special is the engraved silver ring just below the handle

Based on the checkers inside

which also make me think it's like a big gold metal which one could (very dramatically

The Diamond Dyes 45 Color Sample Swatch Card, Wells, Richardson & Co Vermont, c. 1910s shelf with drawer and it is even betterJust so pretty, I can't resist these when I come across them, which is pretty rarely. Forty five dyed fabric swatches, some cotton and some wool it appears, with excellent names under each for other colors each dye could be used to make: fawn, peacock, canary, sandal, cerise, prune, etc. Plus a great little pointing hand at bottom left and "directions for odd colors" on reverse. Early 20th century, and I think very frame worthy, though made with a