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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)8
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Footwear Collecting

Finlay, Ian

1972-1975

This file largely contains papers produced by Ian Finlay, founder of the Footwear Collectors' Society, on the subject of collecting footwear. This includes a photocopy of an article on Finlay, forming...

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The collection of Patricia Kluge

Kluge, Patricia; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sotheby's (Firm)

[2010]

"Silver"--Page [218]; "Ellerslie House" -- P. [554] ; "Jewelry" -- P. 582. Includes bibliographical references. Auction in Charlottesville, Virginia, 8-9 June 2010; exhibition in Albemarle House, ...

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Woollen Stockings (Handknitting)
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Woollen Stockings (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Knitted woollen stockings from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Unmounted.

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Yorkshire Response List: Comb
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Yorkshire Response List: Comb

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question VI.2.4, Comb. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular form w...

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Yorkshire Response List: Boot(s)
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Yorkshire Response List: Boot(s)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question VI.14.23, Boot(s). The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular f...

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Archive Sub-series

Dress

1966-1975

This subseries contains items relating to costume and dress. The subject matter includes traditional and occupational clothing and footwear; the collection of footwear; and headwear and related access...

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CC41 : utility furniture and fashion 1941-1951

Sword, Richard; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Geffrye Museum (London, England)

[1995]

"Originally published by the Inner London Education Authority, 1974." Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Geffrye Museum, 24 September-29 December 1974. Statement of responsibility from Acknowl...

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How the Greeks and Romans made cloth

Hughes, Mike; Forrest, Martin

1984

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How the Greeks and Romans made cloth

Hughes, Mike; Forrest, Martin

1984

Accompanies the textbook compiled by Mike Hughes and Martin Forrest.

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A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume

Moses, Henry (1782?-1870); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Powell, William Edward (1788-1854); Durie, John Adam (1783-1843)

1823

Illustrated throughout.

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Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London during the eighteenth century : including the charities, depravities, dresses, and amusements, of the citizens of London, during that period; with a review of the state of society in 1807 ; to which is added, a sketch of the domestic architecture and of the various improvements in the metropolis ; illustrated by forty-five engravings (Vol 1)

Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815); Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); J. Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme

1810

Supplementary to the author's "Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion to the year 1700."

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Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London during the eighteenth century : including the charities, depravities, dresses, and amusements, of the citizens of London, during that period; with a review of the state of society in 1807 ; to which is added, a sketch of the domestic architecture and of the various improvements in the metropolis ; illustrated by forty-five engravings (Vol 2)

Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815); Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); J. Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme

1810

Supplementary to the author's "Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion to the year 1700."

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