Graphically Satisfying and Creatively Useful Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. Hostess Doily Stretcher vintage color chart ) These are the sorts

) These are the sorts of color cube sets I most look for—the really old ones

I regret that I'm not much good at identifying saints

It rather surprised me to turn this drawing over to find that it was done by a Mel Crabtree at the age of 38

or paint or wallpaper--or carve

3 1/16" t x 1 3/4" w and in excellent vintage condition

Graphically Satisfying and Creatively Useful Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. Hostess Doily Stretcher vintage color chart ) These are the sortsImagine a time when people women, largely were so committed to having crisp and perfectly round doilies that they would own a board like patented in 1940 by the Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. and sold at Montgomery Ward. Easier. More effective and efficient than ironing, apparently; a necessity for the perfect hostess the name would imply. But maybe, when husbands were at the office, women got together and threw darts at it! Now, quite a excellent