Thomas Harris trade card
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Thomas Harris trade card
Classmark: MS 2241/4/3/238
Creator(s): Thomas Harris
Site Location(s): Based in - Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom( 52.4814, -1.89983 )
Date(s): c.1830
Size and medium: 1 trade card
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/xm1yl16w
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/721549
Collection group(s): Art and Antique Market | John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Description
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Thomas Harris. Trader details inscribed on ornately carved frame, in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Carved curtain pole with elaborate swags edges card. Two boxes in bottom corners of card inscribed with 'T. H. B.' denoting Thomas Harris Birmingham.
Transcription: BEDS AND MATTRASSES [MATTRESSES] MADE UP. THOMAS HARRIS, Furnishing Draper, Carpet Dealer & Paper Hanger, No. 9 New Street, BIRMINGHAM. Hearth Rugs, Druggets, Door & Carriage Mats, India & Imperial Matting, Floor Cloths, Table Mats, Doileys, Table Covers, Table Linens, Napkins, Huckabacks, Sheeting, Counterpanes, Blankets, Bed Ticks, Moreens, Chintz & Dimity, Furniture, Curtain Muslins, Colour'd Furniture, Linings, Window Hollands, Stair Rods, Bell Ropes, Tassels, Fringes, Bed Laces &c, Seasoned White & Grey Goose Feathers, Alva Marina, and best Wool Flocks for Stuffing Mattrasses & Beds, Mahogany Bedsteads &c. VENETIAN CARPETS. TERMS READY MONEY ONLY.
Physical characteristics
Technique: lithograph
Medium: print
Support: paper
Object: width 206mm height 126mm
Access and usage
Access
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