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Box of loose furniture and furnishings trade catalogues from a variety of manufacturers

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection M01

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Type of record: Book

Title: Box of loose furniture and furnishings trade catalogues from a variety of manufacturers

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection M01

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Minola - Albrighi, Milano (Lithographer); Alstons of Ipswich (Creator); J. Avery & Co (Creator); George Adlam & Sons (Creator); F. Austin (Leyton) Limited (Creator); Avalon furniture limited (Creator); Aladdin Industries Limited (Creator); Abbott Bros. Southall Limited (Other); Alsop & So (Creator); Astons (Creator); Andrews (Creator); Allievi & Lucchetti Fabricatori (Creator); Aster Cane and Willow Furniture (Creator); Amalgamated Publicity Services Ltd (Creator); Grantham & Ives Ltd (Creator); Ardee Chair Factory (Creator); Arding & Hobbs Ltd (Creator)

Publisher: [publisher not identified]

Publication city: [Ipswich?]; London ; Bristol; Milan

Date(s): between 1930-1970

Language: English

Size and medium: 22 items

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/775969

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020178197605181

Collection group(s): John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History

Description

Box 1 containing 22 ephemeral furniture and furnishings trade catalogues with manufacturers name starting with A and filed in 5 folders.

Title supplied by cataloguer.

1. Exclusive traditional designs in Bedroom Furniture, Alstons of Ipswich -- 2. Blinds and curtains, J. Avery & Co, 81 Gt Portland St London W.1 -- 3. Country house lighting, George Adlam & Sons, Engineers, Bristol -- 4. to 6. Austinsuite, The best in bedroom Furniture, F. Austin (Leyton) Limited, Argyll Avenue, London E.10 -- 7 Avalon furniture with a secret... Spring 1968, Avalon furniture limited, Yatton, Bristol -- 8. My mummy has Aladdin light and heat, May 1937, Aladdin Industries Limited, Greenford, Middlesex --9. Prices and details of full Abbess Range, November 1965, Abbott Bros. Southall Limited, Middlesex -- 10. Astons Spring sale, March 7-21 1959 -- 11. Astons Spring sale, March 20-April 3 -- 12. Complete house furnishers, Alsop & Son, 57, 58, 59 Broadmead, Bristol -- 13. Andrews remarkable furniture value, Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, Andrews, 139/143 Oxford Street, W.1. -- 14 Allievi & Lucchetti Fabricatori, Di mobili in ferro in ogni genere, Viale Porta Ticinese, N. 16 Milano -- 15. Aster Cane and willow furniture, catalogue No. 29, Aster -- 16. The latest for ... Atcraft nursery furniture, Season 1939, Grantham & Ives, Ltd, 797, London Road, Hounslow -- 17. Amalgamated Publicity Services Ltd, Specialists in furnishing advertising, Publicity House, Bucknall Street, New Oxford Street, London WC2 & Woodcraft Ltd, 111 to 115 Salusbury Road Queens Park, London NW6 -- 18. Irish-made Bentwood Chairs, Ardee Chair Factory, County Louth -- 19. Bentwood Chairs of Quality and Charm, Ardee Chair Factory, Co. Louth -- 20. Beautiful Homes by Arding & Hobbs Ltd, Clapham Junction, London SW11 -- 21. Beautiful Homes by Arding & Hobbs Ltd -- 22. Arding & Hobbs Ltd Ideal Home Furnishers, Clapham Junction, London SW1.

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Bindings

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection M01: modern light green archival box.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection M01: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Former references:1. TC/FE 678; 2. TC FE 663; 3. TC /O/43; 4.-6. TC/FE 492; TC FE 675; TC/FE 679; 7. TC/FE 585; 8. TC/M 77; 9.TC/FE 441; 10. TC/FE 665; 11. TC/FE 472; 12. TC/FE 470; 13. TC/FE 410; 14. TC/FE 14; 15. TC/FE 285; 16. TC/FE 271; 18. TC/FE 93; 19. TC/FE 92; 20. TC/FE 171; 21. TC/FE160; 22. TC/FE 286.

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