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P.Brass Decorator

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 two storeys and made primarily of card on a wooden base. The ground floor has an open doorway and an opened-paned display window to the front left. There is a display board for inside the shop with three shelves. The first floor overhangs all around the building. There are shutters on the ground floor window on the left hand side. The building is painted beige with brown beams and supports. The windows are purple. The roof has a lime green ridged tile effect made by using corrugated paper. The chimney is beige with a grey stone effect. The building is hollow with the back and back roof cut out and open.


Object details

Object type
Toytown building
TitleP.Brass Decorator (assigned by artist)
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 two storeys and made primarily of card on a wooden base. The ground floor has an open doorway and an opened-paned display window to the front left. There is a display board for inside the shop with three shelves. The first floor overhangs all around the building. There are shutters on the ground floor window on the left hand side. The building is painted beige with brown beams and supports. The windows are purple. The roof has a lime green ridged tile effect made by using corrugated paper. The chimney is beige with a grey stone effect. The building is hollow with the back and back roof cut out and open.
Dimensions
  • Base measurement length: 25.8cm
  • Including chimney height: 35.6cm
  • Base measurement width: 17.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • P.BRASS DECORATOR (on front of building; paint)
  • FAMILIES WAITED ON DAILY (above window; paint)
  • ARK STREET (on paper sign on building; ink)
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.24-2000

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Record createdJanuary 31, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O53648/pbrass-decorator-toytown-building-hulme-beaman-sydney/
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