C. 1910 Chalmer's Porosknit Underwear Box with Great Graphics vintage seascape about as suggestive (to my

about as suggestive (to my eye at least) as a landscape painting might get

I can find no name or date on it

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There are a few surface scratches and a bit of paint loss

I have no idea if the linen is old or was hand-dyed and cut up two weeks ago

C. 1910 Chalmer's Porosknit Underwear Box with Great Graphics vintage seascape about as suggestive (to myA fun one fabulous looking and a notable piece of history, too. I've learned that Chalmers' "Porosknit" underwear were very much product of emerging demand for all things sanitary and healthful in the wake of the industrial revolution. Using a revolutionary knitting process creating small holes in cotton material patented in 1905 they represented a much welcome liberation for men from the long popular union suit. "Let the body breathe!" was the motto,