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Trade Card

1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The card, with the wallpaper samples attached, was handed out by the Knowles & Christou stand at the '100% Design' exhibition at Earl's Court, London, 1999, together with the business card of Sarah Fox, of Paper Library Ltd. It demonstrates one of the ways in which design businesses advertise, and promote their products and services. 100% Design is an annual trade exhibition and is one of the most important events for contemporary designers wishing to showcase new products.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Letterpress on white card, flexographic printing on paper, staples
Brief description
Trade card with Paper Library wallpaper samples attached. 1998
Physical description
Trade card for interior design company Knowles & Christou, printed with the name, address etc., and details of services offered. With 6 small samples of an un-named 'dot' pattern wallpaper (designed by Paper Library) in different colourways, attached to the card with 2 staples.
Dimensions
  • Size of card height: 14.8cm
  • Size of card width: 10.4cm
Small samples of wallpaper attached; the largest approximately 9 x 7 cm
Credit line
Given by Gill Saunders
Object history
The card, with the wallpaper samples attached, was handed out by the Knowles & Christou stand at the '100% Design' exhibition at Earl's Court, London, 1999, together with the business card of Sarah Fox, of Paper Library Ltd. (on the Registered File).
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Summary
The card, with the wallpaper samples attached, was handed out by the Knowles & Christou stand at the '100% Design' exhibition at Earl's Court, London, 1999, together with the business card of Sarah Fox, of Paper Library Ltd. It demonstrates one of the ways in which design businesses advertise, and promote their products and services. 100% Design is an annual trade exhibition and is one of the most important events for contemporary designers wishing to showcase new products.
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Accession number
E.614-1999

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2000
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