The famous Nikolas lacquers.
A 1915 trade catalogue issued by G. J. Nikolas & Company, a paint and lacquer maker, for buyers and users of its finishes. The pictures show machined metal parts and a small shop setup, with a lathe and air compressor drawn in careful line and tonal rendering, and a designer might take from them the clean, technical look of early twentieth-century industrial product photography and engineering diagrams.
