John Campbell Co. Camel Dyes for Cotton, Antique 86 Color Samples on Thread glass vial great red whiskers

great red whiskers

delicately painted little yellow bird

Square blocks: 1 7/8” x 1 13/16” x 5/8”

and immediately making me think of Thomas Hart Benton

There is not a whole lot out there about Renate Scheer Kalkofen (1935-2013) who created this print as well as several others I am listing from around the same time

John Campbell Co. Camel Dyes for Cotton, Antique 86 Color Samples on Thread glass vial great red whiskersTotal gorgeousness. I seem to have an insatiable want for color these days, and this beautiful antique fold out dye color sampler for "Camel Dyes" produced by John Campbell Co., Hudson St. NYC, feels like pure sustenance. With the colors applied to strands of cotton thread, stretched taut. Eighty six colors total, all in lovely condition. Yum. John Campbell Co. was established by its namesake in 1876, who came from England to establish the company,