The Standard Folding Bed Company trade card
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Type of record: Archive
Title: The Standard Folding Bed Company trade card
Classmark: MS 2241/4/3/275
Collector's Number: EM/204
Creator(s): The Standard Folding Bed Company
Site Location(s): Based in - London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom( 51.5085, -0.12574 )
Date(s): c.1900
Size and medium: 1 trade card
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/zfjr6s4h
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/721584
Collection group(s): Art and Antique Market | John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Description
Pictorial late 19th or early 20th century lithographed trade card of The Standard Folding Bed Company in blue ink. Depicted on obverse are ''Cabinet Bed Open with Bedstead lowered', 'Cabinet Bed Closed showing Washstand Drawer', 'Portiere Bed Closed, without Curtains' and 'Portiere Bed Closed, with Curtains'. Depicted on reverse are folding beds 'Without Curtains, Turned up, takes all the Bedding' and 'With Curtains, Lowered ready for use'.
Transcription of obverse: The Standard Folding Bed Company, Patent Nos 2068 and 14359. GREATEST ECONOMY IN HOUSEROOM. Cabinet Beds from £6 10 0 PERFECT VENTILATION, COMFORT & UTILITY. Portiere Beds from £2 18 0 May be had on Gradual Payment System. CATALOGUES FREE. 28 & 29 HART STREET, BLOOMSBURY, W.C.
Transcription of reverse: THE CHEAPEST FOLDING BED for BED-SITTING ROOMS. Encloses Bed Made Ready for Use, Perfectly Ventilated. From £1 16 0 CATALOGUES POST FREE. THE STANDARD FOLDING BED COMPANY, 28 & 29 HART STREET, LONDON, W.C.
Physical characteristics
Technique: lithograph
Medium: print
Support: paper
Object: width 161mm height 102mm
Access and usage
Reproduction
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