C. Cowles trade card
Description
Simple 19th century engraved trade card of C. Cowles. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Diamond shaped crests to left and right of text. Manuscript ink note of customer name dated 4 Nov 1859 on front of card, with explanatory note on reverse regarding a delivery of goods, signed by C. Cowles. Transcription: C. COWLES, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer & Paper Hanger, 22, Gt. [Great] Marylebone St [Street] PORTLAND PLACE. Funerals Performed. FURNITURE REPAIRED & REPOLISHED. LADIES NEEDLE WORK MOUNTED.
C. Cowles trade card - image 1
Simple 19th century engraved trade card of C. Cowles. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Diamond shaped crests to left and right of text. Manuscript ink note of customer name dated 4 Nov 1859 on front of card, with explanatory note on reverse regarding a delivery of goods, signed by C. Cowles. Transcription: C. COWLES, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer & Paper Hanger, 22, Gt. [Great] Marylebone St [Street] PORTLAND PLACE. Funerals Performed. FURNITURE REPAIRED & REPOLISHED. LADIES NEEDLE WORK MOUNTED.
C. Cowles trade card - image 2
Simple 19th century engraved trade card of C. Cowles. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Diamond shaped crests to left and right of text. Manuscript ink note of customer name dated 4 Nov 1859 on front of card, with explanatory note on reverse regarding a delivery of goods, signed by C. Cowles. Transcription: C. COWLES, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer & Paper Hanger, 22, Gt. [Great] Marylebone St [Street] PORTLAND PLACE. Funerals Performed. FURNITURE REPAIRED & REPOLISHED. LADIES NEEDLE WORK MOUNTED.
Metadata
| Identifier | mkphtq94 |
| IRN | 721392 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/3/81 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/mkphtq94 |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | engraving |
| Medium | |
| Support | pasteboard |
| Object | width 92mm height 60mm |
| Parent Record | Furniture Trade Cards, Billheads and Miscellaneous Ephemera |
| Creator(s) | C. Cowles |
| Date | 04 Nov 1859 |
| Size and Medium | 1 trade card |