Portfolio
ca. 1900 (made)
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Portfolio folding in half lengthways covered in a patchwork of printed fabrics of a repeat of rose motifs in different colourways which extending to form flaps for covering the contents.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand-stiched patchwork of printed cotton over card |
| 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 | Portfolio folding in half lengthways covered in a patchwork of printed fabrics of a repeat of rose motifs in different colourways which extending to form flaps for covering the contents. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Library number | BP.1571(XVIII) |
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| Record created | September 11, 2019 |
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