Painting: protective & decorative.
A 1913 trade booklet from the National Lead Co., issued by a paint manufacturer to show house owners and builders how its paints could finish residential exteriors. The plates are numbered series of full-colour painted house views, each paired below with black-and-white street or garden views of other houses. Designers can take from them the period palette of muted greens, creams, reds and yellows, and the layout of colour plate above with engraved plate below.
