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Record Sleeve

1925-1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Peter Robinson Ltd. (supplier)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Peter Robinson Ltd. 'in-house' cardboard sleeve for a 10-inch 78 rpm gramophone record. From the Gramophone Department of Peter Robinson Ltd. Line-block and letterpress print design, featuring the logos of Columbia Records and His Master's Voice. Design repeated on both sides. The identification label is inscribed in ink: 'White Horse Inn / Your Eyes - Fox Trot / You Too - Fox Trot / CB 271 Jack Payne'.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Advertising
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
Materials and techniques
Line-block, silkscreen and letterpress print on cardboard
Cardboard
Printing Ink
Letterpress
Line Block Printing
Screen Printing
Brief description
'In-house' cardboard sleeve for a 10-inch 78 rpm gramophone record. From the Gramophone Department of Peter Robinson Ltd. Line-block, silkscreen and letterpress print design. Issued in London. 1920s-1930s.
Physical description
Peter Robinson Ltd. 'in-house' cardboard sleeve for a 10-inch 78 rpm gramophone record. From the Gramophone Department of Peter Robinson Ltd. Line-block and letterpress print design, featuring the logos of Columbia Records and His Master's Voice. Design repeated on both sides. The identification label is inscribed in ink: 'White Horse Inn / Your Eyes - Fox Trot / You Too - Fox Trot / CB 271 Jack Payne'.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 10in
  • Approx width: 10in
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'White Horse Inn / Your Eyes - Fox Trot / You Too - Fox Trot / CB 271 Jack Payne' (Written in ink on a white identification label attached to one side.)
  • 'Peter Robinson Ltd / Gramophone Department / UP-TO-DATE STOCKS / OXFORD STREET, W.1. / AND REGENT TREET / TELEPHONE - - MUSEUM 770' (Lettered on both sides.)
  • Lettered with His Master's Voice and Columbia Records trade-marks.
Subject depicted
Trade Marks
Associated object
E.1190-1988
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1189-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
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