Color Sample Advertising Matchbook
DistributorDistributed by
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company
1829 - 1971
Date1946
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineGift of Doris Douglass
DescriptionAdvertising matchbook for the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, 1946. Four color samples (blue, yellow, pink, and purple) are inside the matchbook.
Object number2021.23.0
InscribedPrinted on inside cover: "HOW TO USE THE BIGELOW MATCHBOOK / Pick your rug color first from the / 9 Basic Home Furnishings colors on / the left. There are 2 match sticks / of each rug color. There are 2 / color schemes suggested for each / rug. For example, with rug color / #6, use wall, drapery and uphol- / stery colors 6A or 6B; and you may / repeat the B.H.F. rug color in / lighter or darker shades. (Each / color is numbered in back). You can, / of course, make up your own color / schemes with these matches. / All these 9 B.H.F. colors are / available in Bigelow rugs and / carpets. You will also find B.H.F. / colors in lighter or darker shades / in wall colors and fabrics... / to make your shopping easy and / your color schemes successful."On View
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