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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sabre123, post: 502803, member: 8258&quot;]The company name for the watercolor board you&#039;ve got is:</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Favor, Ruhl, &amp; Co.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>From their <i>1910 </i>catalog:</i></p><p><br /></p><p>ILLUSTRATION BOARDS</p><p>This board can be used for water color work, pastel, pencil and charcoal drawing,</p><p>as well as general black and white work for reproduction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Per Sheet</p><p>Size 20x30 inches, thin or <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Monogram</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Monogram was a designation for the thickness, it seems, as there was a &quot;thick&quot; board as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe do a history check on them to see how long they were in business. Although, artists keep expensive art boards, pre-stretched canvases, etc. for many years, so it won&#039;t really help to date the piece. [also read they began operations in Chicago, but later moved (or opened another office) in NY].</p><p><br /></p><p>Page 130 of:</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/CatalogOfFavorRuhlCoChicagoBranch/page/n129" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/CatalogOfFavorRuhlCoChicagoBranch/page/n129" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/CatalogOfFavorRuhlCoChicagoBranch/page/n129</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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