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On display at Young V&A
Imagine Gallery, Living Room, South wall

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late 19th century to early 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Advertisement for an unnamed chair manufacturer, depicting a room filled with upholstered chairs. They are numbered, presumably to correspond with a stock list.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
wood engraving on paper
Brief description
Advertisement for a furniture manufacturer, Britain, late 19th to early 20th century
Physical description
Advertisement for an unnamed chair manufacturer, depicting a room filled with upholstered chairs. They are numbered, presumably to correspond with a stock list.
Marks and inscriptions
We would call the special attention of the Trade to our reproductions of Antique Chairs, &c, after the designs of Chippendale, Heppelwhite, Ince & Mayhew, Sheraton, Adams, and others, the study of which we have made a particular feature of for some time past.
Object history
One of a group of 56 advertisements for furniture, including chairs, ottomans, tables, restaurant furniture, etc., issued by British and foreign firms. Object numbers E.1533-1966 to E.1588-1966. The advertisements were part of the stock of the furniture manufacturer and showroom E. Levasseur.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
Collection
Accession number
E.1533-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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