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Total number of records: 10

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Archives7
Books and printed items3

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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History10
Art and Antique Market7

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art objects1
chinoiserie (art)1
country life1
decoration and ornament1
japanning1
lesbianism1
lesbians1
manners and customs1
zoological specimens1

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Llangollen (Wales)1
Wales1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
B. Gilliet1
Bell, John (1745-1831)1
Benazech, Peter (1730?-1798)1
Benoist, A (1721-1770)1
Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1739-18291
Butler, Lady Eleanor (1739-1829)1
C. Tfelt1
Couse, J1
Druce & Co.1

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Life with the ladies of Llangollen

Butler, Lady Eleanor (1739-1829); Ponsonby, Sarah (1755-1831); Mavor, Elizabeth (1927-2013); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1984

Contains extracts from the journals, letters, recipes, and account books of Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby.

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Cox

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings and print outs from various auction catalogues of furniture by various makers trading under the name Cox. Also photocopy of trade card.

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H. Joseph trade card
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H. Joseph trade card

H. Joseph; B. Gilliet; C. Tfelt

1867

Highly pictorial 19th century chromolithographed trade card of H. Joseph, celebrating New Year 1867. Trader details in elaborate metalware frame with floral decoration in centre of card. Below this, v...

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Straw Work

c.1950 - c.2017

Cuttings and articles from various periodicals, press and auction catalogues referencing various items decorated in or made of straw including pictures, boxes,etc.

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James Egan trade card
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James Egan trade card

James Egan

c.1865

Simple 19th century letterpress trade card of James Egan. Trader details in a variety of typefaces inside decorative border edging card. Manuscript mathematical calculations in pencil on reverse.

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Kelmscott

c.1950 - c.2010

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Hugh Hughes billhead

Hugh Hughes; R. Cooke

03 Mar 1840-27 Jul 1840

Pictorial billhead of Hugh Hughes for an order of one copper scale, one set of brass heights, one large tin box, lock and brass handle, various panes of glass and carriage light repairs for Reverend M...

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Druce & Company billhead

Druce & Co.

09Aug 1899-19 Oct 1899

Pictorial billhead of Druce & Company for an order for Lady Musgrave.

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A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased, which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786,... at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-Garden, Whitehall, by order of the acting executrix

Lightfoot, John (1735-1788); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bell, John (1745-1831); Hailstone, Edward (1818-1890); Rylands, J[?] P; Skinner and Co. (London, England); Skinner and Co., London; Malcolm Gardner, London; Hyde & Sons[?], Sleaford

[1786]

At foot of titlepage: "No.", the actual number to be inserted in MS.; a variant is without "No." at the foot of the titlepage. - A price list entitled 'A marked catalogue containing the lots' was publ...

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The ladies amusement; or, Whole art of japanning made easy. : Illustrated in upwards of fifteen-hundred different designs, on two hundred copper plates; consisting of flowers, shells, figures, birds, insects, landscapes, shipping, beasts, vases, borders, &c. All adapt
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The ladies amusement, or, Whole art of japanning made easy : Illustrated in upwards of fifteen-hundred different designs, on two hundred copper plates; consisting of flowers, shells, figures, birds, insects, landscapes, shipping, beasts, vases, borders, &c. All adapted in the best manner for joining in groupes, or being placed in single objects

Sayer, Robert (1725-1794); Pillement, Jean (1728-1808); Fenn, C; Rösel von Rosenhof, August Johann (1705-1759); Benoist, A (1721-1770); Walker, Anthony (1726-1765); Hemmerich, Cornelius Heinrich; June, John (fl. 1740-1770); Hancock, Robert (1730-1817); Benazech, Peter (1730?-1798); Elliot, William (1727-1766); Roberts, James (1725-1799); Stevens, H; Couse, J; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Landsbergs Bokhandel

[1762?]

Date of publication taken from ESTC. Oblong folio; horizontal chain lines. "The art of japanning made easy": pages 3-6. "A collection of curious insects": plates 83-95. Plates 137-142, 154 and 158...

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