Agate enamel house paints.
A trade catalogue for Agate Enamel House Paints, issued by F. O. Pierce & Co. of New York in 1910 to promote and sell their paint to builders and householders. The cover is set in bold display capitals with a manufacturer's credit line, and the inside shows a grid of named color swatches for readers choosing a shade. A designer could take the heavy Victorian-style display lettering, the outlined block capitals, and the tidy row-by-row swatch chart as models for period signage or palette layouts.
