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Betteley trade card

Archive Item: MS 2241/4/3/172 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Betteley trade card

Level: Item

Classmark: MS 2241/4/3/172

Creator(s): John Betteley; W. W. Pope

Site Location(s): Based in - Hanley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe( 53.0249, -2.17395 )

Date(s): c.1830

Size and medium: 1 trade card

Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/vbpg2jn2

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/721483

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

Description

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Betteley [John Betteley] on blue card. Ornate curtain frame with elaborate swags depicted in centre of card, with chair, elaborately carved screen and chaise longue inside it on patterned carpet. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Manuscript ink note on reverse 'Signor Ferrari Professor & Teacher on the Piano Forte & Spanish Guitar Newcastle'.


Transcription: BETTELEY, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer & Paper Hanger. Hanley, Staffordshire. LONDON Paper Hanging. FLOOR Cloths &c &c. PATENT WIRE BLINDS MADE TO ORDER. W. W. POPE Sc. HANLEY.

Physical characteristics

Technique: engraving

Medium: print

Support: pasteboard

Object: width 115mm height 67mm

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