{"product_id":"canada-paint-company-advertising-booklet-c1910","title":"Canada Paint Company Chromolithographed Advertising Booklet c. 1910 | Canadian Advertising Ephemera | 16 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished around 1910 by \u003cb\u003eThe Canada Paint Company Limited\u003c\/b\u003e of Montreal and Toronto, this original chromolithographed advertising booklet illustrates the company's ready-mixed paints through colourful architectural renderings, suggested exterior colour schemes, and period promotional artwork. It provides an informative glimpse into Canadian commercial advertising and residential design during the Edwardian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal Canada Paint Company advertising booklet issued in the early twentieth century by The Canada Paint Company Limited of Montreal and Toronto. The self-cover booklet consists of sixteen pages illustrated in colour lithography (chromolithography) and promotes the company's ready-mixed paints through architectural colour schemes, decorative house illustrations and period advertising artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front cover bears the slogan \u003ci\u003e\"To Make Your Home Like a Fairy Palace\"\u003c\/i\u003e above an imaginative European-inspired cityscape, while the interior illustrates numerous Edwardian house designs accompanied by suggested exterior paint colours. The booklet also contains advertising text describing the company's paints, varnishes and finishes, providing an interesting record of Canadian architectural taste and commercial advertising during the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe booklet measures \u003cb\u003e4 1\/4 inches by 5 1\/4 inches\u003c\/b\u003e and consists of \u003cb\u003e16 self-cover pages\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe booklet remains in very good condition. There is light age toning, creasing and handling wear consistent with age. The original staples remain present, the binding is sound, and the pages are complete, but the cover is detached from the interior pages and reinforced with tape at the spine. There is an old dealer or retailer stamp on the rear cover and a small area of paper loss to the top right corner of the front cover, as shown in the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early Canadian chromolithographed advertising booklet documenting the products, marketing and architectural colour preferences of the Canada Paint Company during the Edwardian period—unique, colourful and interesting....\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poppy's Vintage Clothing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47832909185129,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/1559\/files\/Canada-Paint-Booklet.jpg?v=1784982651","url":"https:\/\/www.poppysvintageclothing.com\/products\/canada-paint-company-advertising-booklet-c1910","provider":"Poppy's Vintage Clothing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}