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Toytown Building

1920-1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hulme Beaman, Sydney George (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

A model shop in a Mock Tudor style comprising three storeys and made primarily of card. The ground floor has an open doorway and an opened-paned window to the right front and side. The first and second floors overhang all around the building. The second floor has two gable windows. The building is painted grey with brown beams and supports. The windows are blue. The roof has a red ridged tile effect made by using corrugated paper. The chimney is grey with a painted stone effect. The building is hollow with the back cut out and open.


Object details

Object type
Toytown building
Materials and techniques
Painted and glued plywood and card
Paint
Plywood
Card
Painting
Glueing
Brief description
Painted wood and card building, Toytown shop, made by S G Hulme Beaman in the 1920s
Physical description
A model shop in a Mock Tudor style comprising three storeys and made primarily of card. The ground floor has an open doorway and an opened-paned window to the right front and side. The first and second floors overhang all around the building. The second floor has two gable windows. The building is painted grey with brown beams and supports. The windows are blue. The roof has a red ridged tile effect made by using corrugated paper. The chimney is grey with a painted stone effect. The building is hollow with the back cut out and open.
Dimensions
  • Base measurement (including shopfront) length: 25.7cm
  • Including chimney height: 41.5cm
  • Base measurement (including shopfront) width: 18.9cm
Credit line
Given by Betty Billett
Object history
One of Hulme Beaman's own original Toytown buildings that he used for scene-setting prior to writing and illustrating his stories and plays
Bibliographic reference
Hulme Beaman, S.G. The Book of Toytown and Larry the Lamb, London: Harrap, 1979
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.17-2000

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Record createdJanuary 31, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O53526/toytown-building-hulme-beaman-sydney/
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