Evocative American Standard FINAL / FILTER Sign pair of bookends and pips showing pretty paper

and pips showing pretty paper watermarks

which I believe

and the color has held very well

CT as a cheaper and easy to ship alternative to wooden spools of thread

Evocative American Standard FINAL / FILTER Sign pair of bookends and pips showing pretty paperThis one is much better in person, with what looks like red here veering more toward an orange (the first image is the closest, though not quite there.) The yellowy cream of those big capital letters is just right against it for announcing FINAL, making me think of finish lines and final stops and the final, uniquivocal last word! The look of it makes it feel as if it should have hung on a rail at a car racing track (or maybe a demotion derby!) but I