late 19th century to early 20th century (made)
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Advertisement for an unnamed chair manufacturer, depicting a room filled with upholstered chairs. They are numbered, presumably to correspond with a stock list.
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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. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967 |
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Accession number | E.1533-1966 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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