Top Rank Motor Inns

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Artist/Maker	Calloway, Thomas (architect)
Place of origin	Great Britain (designed)

This is the cover of a portfolio of designs for Top Rank motor inns by the architect, Thomas Calloway. It is inscribed 'Top Rank' and 'Motor Inns' in capitals in black ink. The cover was used to contain a number of presentation drawings of interiors of Top Rank motor inns to show to clients.

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Categories	Containers Designs
Object type	Drawing
Title	Top Rank Motor Inns (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Printing ink on cardboard Ink Cardboard Printing
Brief description	Cover of a portfolio of designs for Top Rank Motor Inns by Thomas Calloway
Physical description	Cover of a portfolio of designs inscribed with the words 'TOP RANK' in black ink and 'MOTOR INNS' in white ink, both sets of words are in printed capitals. The cover is rectangular and in brown cardboard and has a taped spine in cream tape.
Dimensions	Height: 48.6cm Width: 66cm
Credit line	Given by Stephen Calloway
Object history	This portfolio containg drawings was given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Stephen Calloway, son of the architect, Thomas Calloway, and also Curator in the Word & Image Department in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Production	Stephen Calloway, son of the architect, stated that 'all the drawings by my father date from 1962-66. They are mostly to the earlier end of those four years.'
Subject depicted	Top Rank Motor Inns
Summary	This is the cover of a portfolio of designs for Top Rank motor inns by the architect, Thomas Calloway. It is inscribed 'Top Rank' and 'Motor Inns' in capitals in black ink. The cover was used to contain a number of presentation drawings of interiors of Top Rank motor inns to show to clients.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.650-1999

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Record created	March 1, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25741/top-rank-motor-inns-drawing-calloway-thomas/

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