Victorian Trade Card w/ 1888 Calendar - CLARK'S O.N.T. Spool Cotton ~ 'Little Girl Sewer'

Collectibles : Advertising : Paper, Postcards : Trade Cards, Vtc

 
This chromolithograph trade card for Clark's ONT (Our New Thread) brand of sewing thread features a sweet picture of a young girl stitching. The full-colour illustration depicts the child giving the needlework her complete concentration. Below the charming scene of Victorian domestic life is a calendar of December, 1888. The rest of the sewn-on calendar pages are gone but there is a complete calendar for the year 1888 printed beneath, on the card.

On the reverse is an advertisement for the Scottish company's American factory in Newark, New Jersey. It claims its spool cotton to be "Superior To All Others for Hand and Machine Sewing". There is also an exhortation to "Patronize Home Industry!".

This antique colour litho card measures 4" x 6 7/8"(approx.). It is of light card stock with strong period graphics and a die-cut hole at the top for hanging. This vintage card/calendar is in good condition with a modicum of the attendant signs of age and wear (e.g. blunted corners, minute spots). This piece of late Victorian-era advertising ephemera is eminently suitable for framing/collecting. It should be particularly appealing to collectors of old sewing items and needlecraft-related memorabilia!

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Item ID: 12028-6
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