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Antique Embroidery Silks Floss Lot 249 Brainerd & Armstrong Roman & Asiatic AR

Antique Embroidery Silks Floss Lot 249 Brainerd & Armstrong Roman & Asiatic AR

$ 131.97

Availability: 88 in stock

Type: Hand Embroidery Thread

Maker: Brainerd & Armstrong Co

Original/Reproduction: Antique Original

Material: Silk

Condition: 83 bundles of three skeins each for a total of 249 skeins. All are Brainerd & Armstrong. Label gives patent date as 1895. Roman Floss and Asiatic flosses are bound together with wrapper advertising Mike's Drug Store of St. Charles, MO. We found a reference to this drugstore in an online copy of a 1915 newspaper. These flosses are over 100 years old and we do not know if years of storage have affected the color, etc. We are selling them as sewing/advertising collectibles. MOSTLY PINKS.

city: St. Charles, MO

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

advertising: Mike's Drug Store, Owner Mike Gliatti

Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1930

Color: Multicolor

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Huge lot of antique embroidery thread in 83 bundles of three each. Varied colors -- mostly pinks. Each bundle contains the company's Roman and Asiatic Flosses. Wrapper advertises Mike's Drug Store of St. Charles, MO.