Name/Title
"SHERWIN-WILLIAMS HOUSE PAINT"Entry/Object ID
2001.32.2.1Description
Color: Black; Blue; Red; White
"Sherwin-Williams House Paint," issued by the Sherwin-Williams Co., 1928. The white-paper brochure has a red front cover with the initials, "S W P" at the top. At the center is an illustration of a paint can with the title at the bottom. All of the printing on the cover is in white. On the back is an illustrated advertisement with words at the top that read, "You can't paint / your house with / 'Apple-sauce.'" Inside are many directions for the use of the product including general information, quantity of paint required for certain jobs, and color selection and mixing. Also provided are thirty-five paint samples that include such colors as cream, tobacco brown, warm drab, light lead, Spanish orange, and more. With abrasions, creases, some soiling, and a light stain, the artifact is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Pamphlets, Sherwin-Williams Co., Paint, Coating processes, Paint mixing, Paint industry and trade