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Thomas Kerr trade card

Archive Item: MS 2241/4/3/39 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Thomas Kerr trade card

Level: Item

Classmark: MS 2241/4/3/39

Creator(s): Thomas Kerr; Walker & Hutton

Site Location(s): Based in - Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom( 55.9521, -3.19648 )

Date(s): c.1814

Size and medium: 1 trade card

Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/xyr4bm1r

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/721351

Collection group(s): Art and Antique Market | John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History

Description

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Thomas Kerr depicting chair, chaise longue, four poster bed and window with curtain swags and bird perched on curtain pole, all with hand coloured details. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes.


Transcription: THOMAS KERR FROM LONDON, Upholder, Cabinet Maker & House Agent. No. 15, Greenside Place Leith Walk EDINBURGH, Rooms, elegantly fitted up for Rents & Balls, on the Shortest Notice & most Reasonable Terms. Funerals Performed. Eng.d [Engraved] by Walker & Hutton

Physical characteristics

Technique: engraving

Medium: print

Support: pasteboard

Object: width 90mm height 60mm

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Access

This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.

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