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Total number of records: 13

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Art and Antique Market13
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History6

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Precious Gem Collection

c1950

Precious gems, small collection by Pierres Fines Brutes. A collection of 24 examples of precious gems including topaz, ruby, emerald and tourmaline. Inscribed J.Bedford on front cover.

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Clerisseau

c.1900 - c.2010

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Mosq Furniture promotional material

c.1934

Advertising reversible card and coffee tables and Morocco leather products with any initial.

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Bill for wood

1705

Bill for an order of wood. Order details written on reverse.

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Correspondence 1961 Surname A-Z

1961

Letters to and from clients. Arranged in alphabetical order as follows: Folder 1: A Folder 2: B Folder 3: C Folder 4: D Folder 5: E-G Folder 6: H Folder 7: I-K Folder 8: L Folder 9: M-O Fol...

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Correspondence 1949 Surname A-W

Dec 1948-Dec 1949

Letters to and from clients. Arranged in alphabetical order as follows: Folder 1: A-B Folder 2: B Folder 3: B-C Folder 4: C-D Folder 5: D-G Folder 6: G Folder 7: G-H Folder 8: J-L Folder 9: ...

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Peyton & Peyton Ltd promotional material

c.1920

Set of 16 sheets advertising (Sheet 1) wire door mats, (Sheet 2) 'The Anchorlite', (Sheet 3) reclining chair and tea wagons, (Sheet 4) the 'Baby Mine' cot, (Sheet 5) the 'Sovereign' bedstead, (Sheet 6...

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Loose photographs

1920-1939

The photographs were originally arranged in an alphabetic sequence based on the type of furniture. This arrangement has been retained. Each photographs was labelled with a prefix such as CAB for ca...

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Photographs

1980s-2005

Box no. 10 contains folders of negatives and transparencies of M. Turpin stock. Box no. 11 contains a Kodak box of photographs labelled 'desks, secretaires/ & tables, architects, bureaus [sic]' and ...

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Correspondence 1960 Surname A-Z

1960

Letters to and from clients. Arranged in alphabetical order as follows: Folder 1: A-B [Mar-Dec 1960] Folder 2: C [Apr-Dec 1960] Folder 3: D-F [May-Dec 1960] Folder 4: G [Jan-Nov 1960] Folder 5: ...

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Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fairs

1951-1962

The files contain correspondence about the displays and advertising for the fair, lists of items to be displayed and photographs of the room settings. They also contain advertising proofs, accounts a...

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John Abram handbill
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John Abram handbill

John Abram

c.1830

Pictorial 19th century letterpress handbill of John Abram with engraving of Lancaster House shop front and crowded street at top of card. Trader details in a variety of typefaces.

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