Thomas Gilbert trade card
Description
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Thomas Gilbert depicting chair, sofa, and small circular table. Carved curtain pole with elaborate swags edges card. Freemasons mottos 'NEVER DESPAIR' and 'NOTHING WITHOUT LABOUR' in centre of card surrounding image of beehive and foliage. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Transcription: THOMAS GILBERT Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer COLESHILL. PAPER HANGER. VENETIAN BLINDS. Smith sc Birmingham.
Thomas Gilbert trade card - image 1
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Thomas Gilbert depicting chair, sofa, and small circular table. Carved curtain pole with elaborate swags edges card. Freemasons mottos 'NEVER DESPAIR' and 'NOTHING WITHOUT LABOUR' in centre of card surrounding image of beehive and foliage. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Transcription: THOMAS GILBERT Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer COLESHILL. PAPER HANGER. VENETIAN BLINDS. Smith sc Birmingham.
Thomas Gilbert trade card - image 2
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Thomas Gilbert depicting chair, sofa, and small circular table. Carved curtain pole with elaborate swags edges card. Freemasons mottos 'NEVER DESPAIR' and 'NOTHING WITHOUT LABOUR' in centre of card surrounding image of beehive and foliage. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Transcription: THOMAS GILBERT Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer COLESHILL. PAPER HANGER. VENETIAN BLINDS. Smith sc Birmingham.
Metadata
| Identifier | cng8xmh3 |
| IRN | 721411 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/3/100 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cng8xmh3 |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | engraving |
| Medium | |
| Support | pasteboard |
| Object | width 91mm height 61mm |
| Parent Record | Furniture Trade Cards, Billheads and Miscellaneous Ephemera |
| Creator(s) | Thomas Gilbert, Thomas Smith |
| Date | c.1830 |
| Size and Medium | 1 trade card |