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BEAN BAGS

Display Case
©1979 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Chad Valley Company Limited (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

card box, printed in colours on white to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the various characters
contained within a plain brown card shipping box


Object details

Object type
Display case
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Display Case
  • Shipping Case
Titles
  • BEAN BAGS (manufacturer's title)
  • MR. MEN (series title)
Materials and techniques
printed card
Card
Printed
Brief description
Mr. Men Bean Bags, Chad Valley, English, 1979

Mr. Men Bean Bag Display Case
Physical description
card box, printed in colours on white to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the various characters
contained within a plain brown card shipping box
Dimensions
  • Length: 18¾in
  • Width: 11½in
  • Depth: 5½in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
83140
Marks and inscriptions
CHILTERN HYGENIC TOYS (trade mark)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
The display case was designed to hold 12 figures in 4 colourways.
The use of Chiltern suggests that Chad Valley took over the soft toy company in the late 1970s before itself was taken over by Palitoy. At the date of manufacture, Chad Valley is listed as a Division of General Mills Uk.
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.1365:1-1999

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Record createdJuly 10, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41442/bean-bags-display-case-chad-valley-company/
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