These bits of well-preserved vintage graphic artistry come from the simply-named Paints Oils Varnishes catalog from F. W. Devoe Co. of New York, which was published in 1885. (The catalog also contained several labels originally created in the 1870s.)
They were so bold, colorful and stylish — and maintained in such great shape — we had to share them here as examples of graphic design/product labeling in the Victorian age.
Paint: Stylized product labels from the Victorian era
Artist ivory black antique paint label
Antique Victorian furniture paint label
Florentine fresco colors – Turkey red paint
White lead & zinc white paints
Colonial pure white lead paint
Hard money white lead paint
Mohawk white lead paint
French zinc vintage paint label
Premium snow white paint antique paint label
Riverside pure white paint label
Diamont colors antique paint label
Lampblack paint
Antique paint labels
Antique paint labels – Chrome yellow
Turkey burnt umber paint
Riverside color works – Burnt sienna paint
Venetian red paint
Clinton paint works – Yellow ochre
Park lawn green paint
Clover leaf green paint
Vermillion mixed paint
