Description
This 1947 vintage ad for Wellington Fabrics for Leisurewear and Work Clothes from Wellington Sears Company of New York, NY has a color art illustration of a housepainter showing a couple the color of paint on the end of a stir stick.
Year Published: 1947
Approximate overall size – inches: 10 x 13
Grade: Excellent
Excerpt:
“New Plans! New paint! New clothes!
Color and fabric weave a common bond for the clothes of the three above. Make of famous, handsome Wellington fabrics, favorites for work, sport, and leisurewear clothes, they represent only a few of the thousands of weaves sold by Wellington Sears. She wears cotton shorts and jacket of fabric well known by the name of ‘Topsail.’ Popular for fishing, sailing, tennis or any other sport, it has the light weight, strength, and gay colors to suit all purposes.
He wears slacks and shirt of ‘Chiltex’ rayon, a light, firm construction, attractive and comfortable for casual wearing.”
This is a 77 yr. old original vintage ad removed from a 1947 publication and is not a reproduction of any kind.
