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Total number of records: 91

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Archives84
Books and printed items6
Art items1

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Art and Antique Market91
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History75
LGBTQ15

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art3
art français3
art, french3
animals in art1
art britannique1
art japonais1
art metal-work, french1
art objects, french1
art, british1
art, japanese1

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France1
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Daveluy8
Edouard Alexis Daveluy8
F. & E. Gyselynck6
Ferdinand & Edouard Gyselynck6
G. Jacqmain4
L. Defferrez4
C. Cole2
Charles Cole2
De Lay - De Muyttere2
Ed and Eule Supli-Delmotte2

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Archive File

Wallpaper - French

c.1950 - c.2017

Cuttings and articles from various periodicals, press and auction catalogues referencing examples of French style/designed wallpaper.

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French language correspondence

1978-1990

Correspondence relating to antiques and decorative arts written in French.

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George French trade card
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George French trade card

George French

c.1865

Pictorial 19th century lithographed trade card of George French depicting hand holding gavel. Banner below reads 'Nunc aut nunquam', Latin for 'Now or never'. Trader details in a variety of typefaces ...

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French style furniture drawings and designs

c.1850 - c.1900

10 volumes of furniture drawings in the French style labelled 'Meubles', 'Lits' 'Coiffuses', 'Tables', 'Tables de nuit', and 'Cheminees' containing late Victorian drawings and lithographs (some colour...

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Archive Print Item

French exhibition pieces, 1844-78, Victoria and Albert Museum

Aslin, Elizabeth; Victoria and Albert Museum; Bethnal Green Museum

1973

"All the pieces illustrated are on exhibition in the Bethnal Green Museum."

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Index Card: Painted tile panel of French soldier sketching

Feb 1997

Creator of work: Edouard Rischgitz

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Archive Item

Index Card: (untitled)

1950-2020

3 pieces described as 'French'.

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Index Card: (untitled)

1950-2020

6 pieces described as 'French'.

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Index Card: (untitled)

1950-2020

4 pieces described as 'French'.

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Index Card: (untitled)

1950-2020

5 pieces described as 'French'.

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Index Card: (untitled)

1950-2020

5 pieces described as 'French'. Creator of work: Taxile Doat

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Smith & Wellstood Ltd billhead

Smith & Wellstood Ltd

31 Mar 1896-22 Apr 1896

Pictorial billhead of Smith & Wellstood Ltd for an order for Messrs French & Son.

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