Envelope and Letter
13/07/1901 (made)
13/07/1901 (made)
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A.M. Shorose was an employee of The Persian Carpet Manufacturing Company Ltd in Sultanabad, Iran, and C.R. Smith was his former colleague. In this letter dated 13 July 1901, Shorose writes to Smith, who has recently moved back to Kidderminster, England, and discusses practical arrangements for Smith's remaining property in Sultanabad.
The C.R. Smith archive consists of an album of 60 mounted albumen prints (predominantly portraits and topographical views, taken in Iran and Iraq), a further 24 loose photographs, and a series of letters and memos.
These document a correspondence between Charles R. Smith (born 1866) and various colleagues made throughout 1901, when Smith was approached to join a new carpet enterprise in Tabriz. He duly left Sultanabad where he had been working for the Persian Carpet Manufacturing Company, but by July of the same year he had returned to his native Kidderminster in England. It is not known if the Tabriz business plan was ever realised.
The C.R. Smith archive consists of an album of 60 mounted albumen prints (predominantly portraits and topographical views, taken in Iran and Iraq), a further 24 loose photographs, and a series of letters and memos.
These document a correspondence between Charles R. Smith (born 1866) and various colleagues made throughout 1901, when Smith was approached to join a new carpet enterprise in Tabriz. He duly left Sultanabad where he had been working for the Persian Carpet Manufacturing Company, but by July of the same year he had returned to his native Kidderminster in England. It is not known if the Tabriz business plan was ever realised.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Paper, ink, wax, written, printed |
| Brief description | Envelope containing a letter from A.M. Shorose to C.R. Smith, paper, ink and wax seal, Sultanabad (modern Arak), Iran, 13 July 1901 |
| Physical description | A rectangular envelope covered in stamps, ink writing and a wax seal, containing a letter written in black ink. Both the envelope and the letter are pre printed with the name of the company. |
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| Credit line | Given by Jane Podmore |
| Object history | The writing on the envelope shows that the letter has travelled via Russia. |
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| Summary | A.M. Shorose was an employee of The Persian Carpet Manufacturing Company Ltd in Sultanabad, Iran, and C.R. Smith was his former colleague. In this letter dated 13 July 1901, Shorose writes to Smith, who has recently moved back to Kidderminster, England, and discusses practical arrangements for Smith's remaining property in Sultanabad. The C.R. Smith archive consists of an album of 60 mounted albumen prints (predominantly portraits and topographical views, taken in Iran and Iraq), a further 24 loose photographs, and a series of letters and memos. These document a correspondence between Charles R. Smith (born 1866) and various colleagues made throughout 1901, when Smith was approached to join a new carpet enterprise in Tabriz. He duly left Sultanabad where he had been working for the Persian Carpet Manufacturing Company, but by July of the same year he had returned to his native Kidderminster in England. It is not known if the Tabriz business plan was ever realised. |
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| Accession number | E.167:1,2-2012 |
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| Record created | February 21, 2012 |
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