Artistic interiors for homes : National Lead Company, New York, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis.
This is a 1909 trade portfolio of colour plates from the National Lead Company, a paint manufacturer with offices in several American cities, showing room interiors meant to promote paint and decoration to homeowners and architects. The plates are hand-coloured photographic reproductions of finished rooms, with plates labelled by room type such as living-room. A designer can take from them the period palette of muted greens, deep plum walls, and dark stained woodwork around brick fireplaces, with exposed ceiling beams and patterned rugs.
