Masury's nomar wood stain.
A 1914 trade sample booklet from John H. Masury & Son, a paint and varnish maker, presenting its Nomar wood stain to painters, dealers and householders. The first page is a swatch card of stain shades on wood-grain panels, and the second is a cartoon of two girls painting a wainscot with a brush and a tin of stain. A designer could take the flat, saturated wood-tone swatches and the simple two-colour cartoon style, with its limited palette of red, blue and tan.
