Thomas Harris trade card

Description

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Thomas Harris. Trader details inscribed on ornately carved frame, in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Carved curtain pole with elaborate swags edges card. Two boxes in bottom corners of card inscribed with 'T. H. B.' denoting Thomas Harris Birmingham. Transcription: BEDS AND MATTRASSES [MATTRESSES] MADE UP. THOMAS HARRIS, Furnishing Draper, Carpet Dealer & Paper Hanger, No. 9 New Street, BIRMINGHAM. Hearth Rugs, Druggets, Door & Carriage Mats, India & Imperial Matting, Floor Cloths, Table Mats, Doileys, Table Covers, Table Linens, Napkins, Huckabacks, Sheeting, Counterpanes, Blankets, Bed Ticks, Moreens, Chintz & Dimity, Furniture, Curtain Muslins, Colour'd Furniture, Linings, Window Hollands, Stair Rods, Bell Ropes, Tassels, Fringes, Bed Laces &c, Seasoned White & Grey Goose Feathers, Alva Marina, and best Wool Flocks for Stuffing Mattrasses & Beds, Mahogany Bedsteads &c. VENETIAN CARPETS. TERMS READY MONEY ONLY.

Media

Metadata

Identifier xm1yl16w
IRN 721549
Class Mark MS 2241/4/3/238
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xm1yl16w
Collection(s) Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Category Archive
Technique lithograph
Medium print
Support paper
Object width 206mm height 126mm
Parent Record Furniture Trade Cards, Billheads and Miscellaneous Ephemera
Creator(s) Thomas Harris
Date c.1830
Size and Medium 1 trade card

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