Japalac the home beautifier
Japalac the Home Beautifier is a trade booklet from 1890 issued by the Glidden Varnish Company to promote its Japalac varnish to householders for finishing furniture, floors and fixtures. Its pictures are black-and-white line illustrations with a bold woodcut-like black ground, showing the square Japalac tin set against interiors, shopkeepers and customers, with strong silhouettes and decorative ironwork borders a designer could borrow for vintage packaging or advertising layouts.
