1912 Albastine Color Chart with Eight Pages of Samples feet all rendered in gold

all rendered in gold

While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time

) 32 pages of manually typed text cut out and taped down (with what I find quite beautiful much toned bits of tape everywhere)

This one I believe is late 19th century and made of cotton flour sack type fabric

Crisp and soft and bright

1912 Albastine Color Chart with Eight Pages of Samples feet all rendered in goldThis is a neat one, both for the terrific array of colors and for the nature of Alabastine paint itself, a powdered tint that was mixed with water for use on interior surfaces. And, as one can tell from the samples in this booklet, some of which have bled a bit, this could be used as a sort of watercolor palette if desired wet the colors with a brush and you could do a little painting. Founded in New York by Melvin B. Church in 1879, Alabastine was