Not on display

Portfolio

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dinting Vale Print Works (printer)
Beatrix Potter (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Covered in fabric, cream with repeat of five blue lines running vertically.

Object details

Categories
Containers
Handicrafts
Textiles
Woman Artist
Object type
portfolio
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton over card
Dye
Cotton (Textile)
Card
Hand Sewing
Brief description
One of a set of card portfolios covered in a cotton fabric, both dress and furnishing, some patchworked and used by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, ca. 1900. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 2146.
Physical description
Covered in fabric, cream with repeat of five blue lines running vertically.
Dimensions
  • Height: 420mm (Note: approx)
  • Width: 330mm (closed) (Note: approx)
  • Depth: 10mm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]
Object history
Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family.
Bibliographic reference
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, cat. np. 2146, p.220.
Other number
LB.2146 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.1571(I)

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Record createdMarch 4, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1482018/portfolio-beatrix-potter/
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